Short story genre books (592)
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18 Stories by Heinrich Böll EN
GermanyDescription:
Written over a period of fifteen years, these stories are portraits of highly diverse characters exploring a wide range of human experience and emotion.
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69 de motive stupide ca să te apuci de citit by Hyperliteratura RO
RomaniaDescription:
Volumul 69 de motive stupide ca să te apuci de citit este un proiect comun Adenium și Hyperliteratura, un ghid util pentru cei interesați de literatură, la începutul formării unei biblioteci (și a unei culturi generale vaste), și în același timp o carte savuroasă pentru cunoscători, pentru împătimiții cititului, care vor găsi cu siguranță viziuni proaspete asupra cărților, alături de titluri și autori noi.
69 de motive stupide ca să te apuci de citit este alcătuită din 69 de articole, editoriale, fragmente din anchete și interviuri, recenzii și alte lucrări apărute pe Hype... continue
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A Cat, a Man, and Two Women by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
JapanDescription:
This collection of stories is distinguished by its lightheartedness and comicealism.
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A chama de Adrião Blávio by Joana M. Lopes, PT
PortugalDescription:
Adrião Blávio, um solitário vigilante nocturno de um museu de arte, fica misteriosamente paralisado, passando a viver isolado num quarto de hospital. É neste espaço de confinamento que descobre a existência de uma mulher chamada Lázara, vítima da mesma estranha enfermidade. A partir dessa descoberta começa a sonhar e a ouvir a voz dessa mulher, com quem passa a conversar e por quem se apaixona. A expectativa da salvação das garras da doença, os sonhos e planos para um futuro partilhado com Lázara, s&atild... continue
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A Chapter of Hats : Selected Stories by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
The stories in this book, many of them published in English for the first time, are taken from Machado de Assis's mature period of life. They echo Poe and Gogol, anticipate Joyce, and have been compared to contemporary works by Chekhov, Maupassant and Henry James, yet they are not quite like any of these- they are - well - pure Machado de Assis. For example, two gentlemen standing outside a church in Rio de Janeiro see a respectable lady emerge - one of them has an unexpected, and to him inexplicable, story to tell about her past life as a prostitute; a popular composer of polkas burns the mid... continue
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A Clean Well-lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
As a Spanish cafe closes for the night, two waiters and a lonely customer confront the concept of nothingness.
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A Country Doctor : Short Stories by Franz Kafka EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Written during the winter of 1916-17 when Kafka was living in one of the tiny houses on Golden Lane (formerly Alchimistengasse) at Prague Castle, and published in spring 1920 by Kurt Wolff Verlag, the 14 short fictions comprising this volume are interconnected by a persistent exploration of identity, where even animals anthropomorphize into a new identity. "Before the Law," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report for an Academy" are among the most renowned stories he produced, and Kevin Blahut has rendered them in an English that is contemporary and fresh, capturing per... continue
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A Dream of a Woman by Arsenal Pulp Press, Casey Plett EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women.