Short story genre books (592)
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Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov EN
UkraineDescription:
The five, irreverant, satirical and imaginative stories contained in Diaboliad caused an uproar upon the book's first publication in 1925. Full of invention, they display Bulgakov's breathtaking stylistic range, moving at dizzying speed from grotesque satire to science fiction, from the plainest realism to the most madcap fantasy. Diaboliad is a wonderful introduction to literature's most uncategorisable and subversive genius.
122.
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories: The Nose; the Carriage; the Overcoat; Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol EN
Description:
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) left his mark as a playwright, novelist, and writer of short stories. Gogol's works remain popular with both writers and readers, who prize his originality, imaginative gifts, and sheer exuberance.
This collection offers an excellent introduction to the author's works. Opening a door to his bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story portrays a petty official's mental disintegration as he struggles for the attention of the woman he love... continue
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Diary of a Murderer : And Other Stories by Young-ha Kim EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
From "one of South Korea's best and most worldly writers" (NPR): An electric collection that captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge--between life and death, good and evil
India125.
Dientes de leche by Lana Bastasic ES
CroatiaDescription:
Un conjunto de relatos deliciosos y despiadados sobre el siempre traumático proceso de hacerse mayor. La infancia que retrata Dientes de leche , muy lejos de la edulcorada idealización a la que tantas veces la sometemos, nunca es tierna, sentimental o inocente. En estos relatos deliciosos y despiadados, que hacen pie en el siempre conflictivo universo de la vida familiar, los niños y los adolescentes se enfrentan a lo oscuro y a lo espeluznante, porque en el cruel mundo que habitamos esa es la única manera en que es posible crecer.
126.
Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Pedro Juan used to be a reporter in Havana, but as life in Cuba and his own life begin to collapse around him, he gives up the farce of a daily job, and begins to train himself to take nothing seriously. His training involves lots of sex, drugs, rum, jazz, beat literature and street philosophy.
Belgium128.
Do You Hear in the Mountains... and Other Stories by Maïssa Bey EN
AlgeriaDescription:
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Maïssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. "Do You Hear in the Mountains..." is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. We meet an Algerian refugee, whom we recognize as Bey herself. She has escaped the civil war and cannot forget her father's commitment to independence nor his death under the torture of the French soldiers. Sitting near her is a retired doctor whose military service in Algeria coincidentally took him to the same area at the time o... continue
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Doce cuentos peregrinos / Twelve Pilgrim Tales by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
These stories are all about Latin Americans living in Europe; a view of various immigrant lives.
130.
Doctor Marigold by Charles Dickens EN
EnglandDescription:
Doctor Marigold, named for the man who delivered him, is a "cheap-jack" who hawks sundries from a traveling cart. His lonely fortunes reverse when he adopts a deaf and mute girl whose mother is dead and whose stepfather, owner of a traveling circus, beats her.