Popular European Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (188)
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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 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 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 Good Year by Polis Loizou EN
CyprusDescription:
Rural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning - the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc. Meanwhile, her husband Loukas has troubles of his own. Struggling with dreams and desires he doesn't understand, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to an Englishman, a newcomer to the island. In a village wreathed in superstition, Despo and Loukas must protect themselves and their unborn child from ominous forces at play.
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A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism by Slavenka Drakulić EN
CroatiaDescription:
A wry, cutting deconstruction of the Communist empire by one of Eastern Europe's exceptional authors. Called "a perceptive and amusing social critic, with a wonderful eye for detail" by The Washington Post, Slavenka Drakulic-a native of Croatia-has emerged as one of the most popular and respected critics of Communism to come out of the former Eastern Bloc. In A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism, she offers a eight-part exploration of Communism by way of an unusual cast of narrators, each from a different country, who reflect on the fall of Communism. Together they constitute an Orwel... continue
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A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
"A Hunger Artist", also translated as "A Fasting Artist" and "A Starvation Artist", is a short story by Franz Kafka published in 1922. The protagonist is an archetype of Kafka, an individual marginalized by society.
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A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert EN
FranceDescription:
Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot.