Short story genre books (592)
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Trout, Belly Up by Rodrigo Fuentes EN
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
In seven interconnected short stories, the Guatemalan countryside is ever-present: a place of timeless peace, and the site of sudden violence. Don Henrik, a good man struck time and again by misfortune, confronts the crude realities of farming life, family obligation, and the intrusions of merciless entrepreneurs, hitmen, drug dealers, and fallen angels, all wanting their piece of the pie. Told with precision and a stark beauty, Trout, Belly Up is a beguiling, disturbing ensemble of moments set in the heart of a rural landscape in a country where brutality is never far from the surface.
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Tudo O Que Já Nadei : RESSACA, QUEBRA-MAR E MAROLINHAS by Letrux PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Textões, poemas e aforismos da maior voz da cena indie brasileira: Letícia Novaes, a Letrux “Aos goles, salgados, doces, etílicos e brandos, as três seções de Tudo que já nadei nos vão entrando pela cabeça, revirando ou se assentando nos nossos estômagos, mas chegam, certamente, ao coração.” – RITA VON HUNTY “Letícia flutua e mergulha, superficial e profunda, como pop music Escrever é uma coisa, fazer querer ler é outra inteiramente diversa Flutue, mergulhe, os textos são suas boias de braço, e nade. De nada.” – LULU SANTOS “Este livro contém 855 aparições da vigésima letra do alfabeto romano:... continue
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Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig EN
AustriaDescription:
The dramatic disappearance of the wife of a wealthy businessman from a small hotel on the French Riviera prompts a distinguished English widow to recount her fleeting encounter with a young aristocrat many years before in Monte Carlo. Impulsively following the broken man as he stumbles from the roulette table, she embarks on twenty-four hours of ecstasy, redemption and betrayal which will haunt her life forever.
Bulgaria
Italy556.
Ustedes brillan en lo oscuro [You Glow In the Dark] by Liliana Colanzi ES
Country: South America / 
Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Los cuentos de Liliana Colanzi exploran magistralmente diversas formas de narrar el tiempo, como el viaje geológico en una cueva, la búsqueda de las raíces históricas de la explotación del caucho en las ruinas de un pueblo amazónico, o la temporalidad dislocada de una colonia religiosa en la que sus personajes ansían deshacerse de las prohibiciones que los encallan en el pasado. En este libro la radiación es un agente invisible que afecta a los jóvenes que viven cerca de una central nuclear andina y a los recolectores de chatarra de una ciudad brasileña. Ustedes brillan en lo oscuro, libro gal... continue
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Vamos Comprar Um Poeta by Afonso Cruz PT
PortugalDescription:
Numa sociedade dominada pelo materialismo, as famílias têm artistas em vez de animais de estimação. É nesse cenário, onde cada espaço tem um patrocinador, cada passo é medido com exatidão, e até a troca dos afetos é contabilizada, que uma menina pede ao pai um poeta. Com humor e leveza, Afonso Cruz conduz uma narrativa para fazer pensar sobre o utilitarismo e o papel da arte em um mundo onde tudo precisa ser mensurado.
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Variations on the Body by María Ospina EN
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
A constellation of short stories illustrate the intersecting lives of women on various peripheries of society in and around Bogotá, Colombia. In six subtly connected stories, Variations on the Body explores the obsessions, desires, and idiosyncrasies of women and girls from different strata of Colombian society. A former FARC guerilla fighter adjusts to urban life and faces the new violence of an editor co-opting her experiences. A woman adrift in the city she left as a child looks for someone to care for, even if it has to be by force, while another documents a flea infestation with a catalog... continue
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Venom by Saneh Sangsuk EN
ThailandDescription:
The village of Praeknamdang, nestled in the Thai jungle, has fallen under the spell of a corrupt religious leader. Only one family dares to resist his growing power: a couple and their talented ten-year-old son. But one day, while playing in the fields, the boy is attacked by a cobra. Locked in a life and death struggle with the snake, the border between the human and the animal disintegrates. Did the boy simply stray too near to a burrow, or is this a punishment for his family's independent spirit? A gripping existential parable, Venom introduces English language readers to the world of Saneh... continue
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Verwirrung der Gefühle by Stefan Zweig DE
Description:
»Wir erleben Myriaden Sekunden, und doch wird’s immer nur eine, eine einzige, die unsere ganze innere Welt in Wallung bringt« – und es ist jene Sekunde, an die sich der 60-jährige Englischprofessor erinnert, als er die ihm gewidmete Festschrift durchsieht, in der so viele Namen stehen, aber der eine fehlt: der Name jenes Mannes, der sein Schicksal bestimmte. Die Erinnerung ruft ihn in seine Jugend zurück, in seine Studienzeit, als eine brillante Vorlesung seine Leidenschaft für das Lernen weckte – und eine eigentümliche Faszination für den... continue