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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When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd Sometimes discovery brings destruction When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled lives we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers,... continue
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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN
RussiaDescription:
'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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Why, Why, Why? by Quim Monzó EN
SpainDescription:
A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he’s been unknowingly seeing her twin sister. Prince Charming marries Cinderella, but then has an affair with the evil stepsisters. A psychopath's liver explodes after a night of heavy drinking, but instead of killing him, it allows him to be a better drinker. These, and many more, strange and twisted characters populate the pages of Why, Why, Why? , a d... continue
Denmark185.
You Do Understand (Slovenian Literature Series) by Andrej Blatnik EN
SloveniaDescription:
Partly parables, partly fairy tales, You Do Understand is a comedy of errors for a species of talkers who’ve never learned to listen. This collection of sharp, spare, occasionally absurd, cruel, touching, and yet always generous short-short fictions addresses the fundamental difficulty we have in making the people we love understand what we want and need. Demonstrating that language and intimacy are as much barriers between human beings as ways of connecting them, Andrej Blatnik here provides us with a guided tour of the slips, misunderstandings, and blind alleys we each manage to fall foul of... continue
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Your ad could go here by Oksana Zabuzhko EN
UkraineDescription:
Oksana Zabuzhko, author of "the most influential Ukrainian book in the fifteen years since independence," Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, returns with a gripping short story collection. Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine's leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves. From the triumph of the Orange Revolution, which marked the start of the twenty-first century, to domestic victories in matchmaking, sibling rivalry, and e... continue
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Ο Άντρας μου by Rumena Bužarovska GR
Country: Europe / 
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
Έντεκα γυναίκες μιλούν χωρίς ταμπού για την καθημερινότητά τους και τη σχέση με τους συντρόφους τους. Οι αφηγήτριες πλάθουν με τρόπο ανελέητο τα πορτρέτα των ανδρών παρουσιάζοντας τα ελαττώματά τους -μοιχοί, χειριστικοί, υποκριτές, βάναυσοι, απατεώνες, φαντασμένοι-, ενώ αποκαλύπτουν με τόλμη και τον εαυτό τους: τα σχέδια της ζωής τους, τις ήττες, τις ελπίδες, τις ψευδαισθήσεις, αλλά και τις αδυναμίες τους. Έντεκα ιστορίες, έντεκα παραλλαγές της πατριαρχίας, άλλοτε σκληρά ρεαλιστικές, άλλοτε σουρεαλιστικές ακόμα και αστείες, από τη Ρούμενα Μπουζάροφσκα (Βόρεια Μακεδονία, γενν. 1981), μια από τι... continue
Italy