Short story genre books (593)
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Kyrgyzstan372.
Shut Up You're Pretty by Ta Mutonji, Tea Mutonji EN
Country: Africa / 
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Description:
A high-wire collection of darkly humorous stories about a young woman floating in and out of her skin, trying on identities imposed on her by others.
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Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
'This debut show more than mere promise: it is a fine achievement in its own right.' -- Guardian One of the most widely talked about debuts of 2 005, Sightseeing is a masterful storytelling by an award-winning young author. In poignant, tough, heart-catching episodes, Rattawut Lapcharoensap takes his readers beneath the surface of Thailand to a place that is dynamic and corrupt, full of pride and passion and fear. In these inter-generational stories of luck and loss, mother and son, Thai and tourist, healthy and sick are bound together. Sightseeing introduces its readers to the young boy and h... continue
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Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A streetwise heroine travels from Mexico to USA via the mythical and criminal underworlds in the search for her brother
375.
ItalyDescription:
In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine - but they cannot touch; they don't even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But the moment he does, Joncour is enslaved.Subtle, tender and surprising, Silk is an evocative tale of erotic possession.
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Sirigannda contemporary Kannada Writing by Shanbhag, Vivek EN
IndiaDescription:
A compilation comprising the most incisive, original and evocative voices to come out of Karnataka in the last two decades.
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Sit Down and Listen: Stories from South Africa by Ellen Kuzwayo EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
'For so many years now,' writes the author of this delightful collection, 'we have owned our stories while owning so little else.'
Ellen Kuzwayo's autobiography Call Me Woman was an international bestseller. At last we hear her extraordinarily distinct voice again, this time in a series of stories culled from her rich personal experience as community leader, social worker, teacher and black woman in South Africa.
These tales explore the complex life of contemporary black South Africa through the traditional form of story-telling. But the stories themselves are no... continue
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Six Feet of the Country by Nadine Gordimer EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Seven stories of South Africa deal with a missing body, a mysterious Rhodesian visitor, a pass law protest, a white geologist and his Black secretary, and a pair of childhood sweethearts.
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Sju tomme hus by Samantha Schweblin NO
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
I novellesamlingen Sju tomme hus utforsker Samanta Schweblin dagliglivets små og store fryktelige øyeblikk. Hun er skarp og presis og har en egen evne til å mane frem en ladet stemning. De som har lest hennes to romaner, Feberdrøm og Kentuki, vil kjenne igjen stilen. Hun skriver om det merkelige ved det normale, og det normale med det merkelige. Sju tomme hus fikk Ribera del Duero-prisen i 2015. Det er verdens største pris for noveller og deles ut annethvert år for beste novellesamling skrevet på spansk.