Popular North American Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (106)
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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future.
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Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories and Songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and coloni... continue
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It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey by Phyllis Shand Allfrey EN
Country: North America / 
Dominica
Dominica
Description:
These tantalizing stories - set in Dominica, New York, and London yet always steeped in an unmistakably West Indian identity - probe beneath the surface of colonial life, often drawing on autobiographical experience.
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Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
When Haitians tell a story, they say "Krik?" and the eager listeners answer "Krak!" In Krik? Krak! In her second novel, Edwidge Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life. They tell of women who continue loving behind prison walls and in the face of unfathomable loss; of a people who resist the brutality of their rulers through the powers of imagination. The result is a collection that outrages, saddens, and transports the reader with its sheer beauty.
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La Isla de Cuba: twaalf verhalen en een revolutie by various NL
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Twaalf verhalen en een Revolutie is een bloemlezing waarin de veranderingen op het eiland vanuit verschillende hoeken worden belicht. Het zijn verhalen van schrijvers die na 1970 zijn geboren, midden in de dogmatische jaren van de Cubaanse Revolutie toen het bijna niet mogelijk was om alternatieve politieke geluiden te laten horen. In deze twaalf verhalen laten de schrijvers dat geluid nu wel horen.
Een belangrijk element in deze bundel is ironie. Sommige schrijvers steken bijvoorbeeld de draak met nationale helden. En het openingsverhaal 'Vlees' vertelt het bizarre avontuur van twe... continue
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La Saison des certs-volants by Elizabeth [VNV] Walcott-Hackshaw FR
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
L'une a caressé le rêve américain durant ses études et sait que, si sa famille enrichie par le pétrole règne sur la capitale, ses privilèges s'évaporeraient aux États-Unis à cause de sa couleur de peau.
Une autre est obsédée par la peur des enlèvements, et malgré les bouledogues dans le jardin de son père, celui-ci a disparu.
Une mère anéantie traverse la ville - vitres closes pour maintenir la misère à distance - direction l'aéroport, d�... continue
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Memories, Dreams and Nightmares : A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers by Gay Alden Wilentz EN
Country: North America / 
Belize
Belize
Description:
"This collection of short stories by Belizean women writers reflects the memories, dreams and nightmares of women. From accounts of abuse and stories of strength to memories of history, this collection tells untold tales of women’s lives in Belize. The stories present the voices of young girls, mothers, and grandmothers, women who give up and women who stand up. From well known to young, emergent women writers, this unique collection of short stories adds to the literary voice of Belize through a woman’s perspective."--publisher.
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Mic dejun la Tiffany by Truman Capote RO
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Mic dejun la Tiffany este povestea unui scriitor care își amintește că a cunoscut-o în urmă cu cincisprezece ani, pe când locuia într-un vechi apartament din New York, pe Holly Golightly, o fată excentrică și misterioasă, care locuia în aceeași clădire. În scurt timp, scriitorul aspirant de atunci și fata aceasta ciudată, pe a cărei carte de vizită era scris „călătoare”, devin prieteni apropiați, iar opiniile și modul de viață neconvențional, precum și lucrurile neobișnuite pe care le află despre trecutul și aventurile prin ca... continue