Short story genre books (593)
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Rouge Street : Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao EN
ChinaDescription:
"'Moses on the plain' ... was orignally published in the short story collection with the same title by Thinkingdom/Baihua Literature and Arts Publishing House, 2016"--Title page verso.
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Runaway by Alice Munro EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite short story collection. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009.
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Running and Other Stories by Makhosazana Xaba EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject-matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories. She takes tradition ñ be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition ñ and re-imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. Bracketed by Xabaís revisitings of Can Thembaís influential short story, The Suit, the ten stories in this collection, while strongly independent, are in conversation with one another, resulting in a collection that can be devoured all at once or savoured slowly, story by story. By re-envis... continue
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Bosnia and Herzegovina355.
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield EN
EnglandDescription:
Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan’s shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates’. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirl... continue
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Saltpickers : & Other Caribbean Stories by Zoila Ellis EN
Country: North America / 
Belize
Belize
Description:
A collection of 12 short stories.
357.
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan EN
NigeriaDescription:
Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees-a microcosm of today's Africa-a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride acr... continue
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Scenes from a Childhood by Jon Fosse EN
NorwayDescription:
A haunting collection from one of Norway's most celebrated writers.
359.
Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson EN
FinlandDescription:
Tove Jansson's first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in Helsinki in the nineteen tens and twenties. Described as both a memoir and 'a book of superb stories' by Ali Smith, her startlingly evocative prose offers a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree.
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Secret Lives and Other Stories by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o EN
KenyaDescription:
'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories brings together a range of Ngugi's political short stories. From tales of the meeting between magic and superstition, to stories about the modernising forces of colonialism, and the pervasive threat of nature, this collection celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa's best-loved writers.