Short story genre books (593)
Finland302.
Ngando by Paul Lomami Tshibamba NL
CongoDescription:
Literaire verhalen van de Congolese auteur met magisch realistische elementen.
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Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From one of the 20th century's greatest voices comes the complete chronological anthology of his short stories featuring Nick Adams, Ernest Hemingway's memorable character, as he grows from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent—a sequence closely paralleling the events of Hemingway's life. The complete collection of Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams two dozen stories are gathered here in one volume, grouped together according to the major time periods in the protagonist's life. Based on Hemingway's own experiences as a boy and as a member of the Red Cross ambulance corps in W... continue
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Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty—with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight—breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his family’s unraveling; a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a de... continue
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Night on the Galactic Railroad & Other Stories from Ihatov by Kenji Miyazawa EN
JapanDescription:
Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart. "The Nighthawk Star" follows an lowly bird as he struggles to transform himself into something greater, a constellation in the night sky; "Signal & Signal-less" depicts a pair of star-crossed train signals who dream of eloping to the moon; and "Night ... continue
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Nimrod : Selected Writings by Nimrod ; ed. Frieda Ekotto EN
ChadDescription:
The Chadian writer Nimrod—philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist—is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod’s writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for Nimrod’s work and demonstrates the urgency of making it available beyond Francophone Africa to a broader global audience. At the heart of this volume are Nimrod’s essays on Léopold Sédar Senghor, a key figure in the literary and aesthetic Négritude movement of the 1930s and president of Senegal from 1945... continue
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Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
"From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways--often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound. In "Roberto," a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound," and in "Candy Pink," a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five... continue
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No Men, No Cry by Ugnė Barauskaitė, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė, Jurga Ivanauskaitė EN
LithuaniaDescription:
This series of anthologies is a means of introducing the latest works of Lithuanian literature to an English-speaking readership. The women’s writings presented in this collection recreate the experience of contemporary woman, experience that is closely related to actual cultural and historical phenomena and which contemplates a woman’s search for identity and highlights a woman’s ironic stance towards traditional female values, such as marriage, childbirth and home-making. Reading the latest women’s writings, we can see that the older woman is dying out and is making room for a new woman, one... continue
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No Voy a Ninguna Parte by Rumena Buzarovska ES
Country: Europe / 
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
A vase is the trigger for Lydia to explode with jealousy over her best friend's life. Vesna, a university professor who tolerates her husband's infidelities and her son's indifference, is at an empowered women's event at the American ambassador's residence. Ellie returns to her childhood home with the secret hope of reuniting with her former lover. No one is safe from Rumena Buzarovska's intelligent, hyper-realistic, and poignant prose, which demonstrates in her new collection of short stories the impossibility of achieving happiness for those who fled their country, but also for those who sta... continue
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No Windmills in Basra by Diaa Jubaili EN
IraqDescription:
A bold, imaginative collection of short stories set in Southern Iraq from prolific, award-winning novelist Diaa Jubaili. Influenced in turn by the long tradition of Arabic folktales and the magical realism of Latin America, the stories in No Windmills in Basra reflect a reality tinged by the city’s history with war. Yet the fantastic and playful peek through, offering an astounding breadth of images in only a few lines per story. In “Mubarak,” a security guard for a chicken plant discovers his own wings after a bomb explosion. In “The Taste of Death,” long-buried Iraqi and Iranian soldiers ris... continue