Short story genre books (593)
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Baltic Belles : The Dedalus Book of Estonian Women's Literature by Elle-Mari Talivee EN
EstoniaDescription:
This anthology presents readers with a broad selection of fiction written between the late 19th century and today. The collection opens with the early realist Elisabeth Aspe, who described both village life and urban fear during the final decades of the 19th century. Early 20th-century works by female writers often discussed the young creative individual's encounters in the transformed urbanised world, some of the most outstanding examples of which are by the great Betti Alver. After World War II, Estonian writing bore the unmistakable signs of Soviet censorship. Nevertheless, Viivi Luik's mom... continue
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Bambert's Book of Missing Stories by Reinhardt Jung EN
GermanyDescription:
A recluse, having written stories peopled with beloved characters, releases them into the world on hot-air balloons, hoping they will find life and return to him.
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Bamboo Among the Oaks : Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans by Mai Neng Moua EN
LaosDescription:
A groundbreaking anthology that chronicles the emerging literary voice of a contemporary American immigrant community.
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Barcelona negra by Adriana V. López (Editora) ES
SpainDescription:
Su belleza solitaria, rodeada por montañas y con vistas al mar, sus alegres calles y sus elegantes monumentos convierten a Barcelona en una ciudad bonita y acogedora. Pero no nos equivoquemos: Barcelona, con todo su encanto y color, no podido siempre ocultar su lado oscuro. Represión, drogas o inmigración son sólo algunos de los temas que aparecen en catorce historias que nos transportan desde lo más típico, desde las Ramblas a Gaudí, a la parte más corrupta y deshonesta de la ciudad, a la Barcelona que nunca aparecerá en un recorrido turístico. En esta antología encontraremos, así, relatos hi... continue
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Best European Fiction 2011 (Best European Fiction) by Aleksandar Hemon, Various EN
Country: Europe / 
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Description:
“Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read.”—Time The launch of Dalkey’s Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer, Bookslut, Paste, and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and BBC Radio 3 and 4 in the UK; and a terrific response from booksellers, who made Best European ... continue
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Slovenia67.
Best of. proza scurtă a anilor 2000 by Marius Chivu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Daca romanele scriitorilor din noua generatie au avut parte de succes la public si de receptare critica, proza scurta a ramas in schimb prea putin cunoscuta si apreciata. Aceasta antologie, o premiera in spatiul editorial romanesc, reprezinta astfel si un act de recuperare, menit sa duca la redescoperirea si reevaluarea genului scurt si a noii generatii de prozatori. Ioana Baetica Morpurgo T.O. Bobe Lavinia Braniste Dan Coman Luca Dinulescu Adrian Georgescu Radu Pavel Gheo Silviu Gherman Florin Lazarescu Dan Lungu Cosmin Manolache Mihai Mateiu Mitos Micleusanu Angelo Mitchievici Veronica D. Ni... continue
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Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga EN
IndiaDescription:
Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare themselves to be without religion or caste. And if the characters in "Between the Assassinations" are any indication, Kittur is an extraordinary crossroads between the brightest minds and the poorest morals, the up-and-coming and the downtrodden, and the poets and the prophets of an India that modern literature has rarely addressed. A series of sketches that together form a blinding, brilliant, and brave mosaic of Indian life as it is lived in a place called Kittur, "Between the Assassinations," with all the humor, sympathy, a... continue
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Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella! Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has... continue
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Birth Canal by Dias Novita Wuri EN
IndonesiaDescription:
This dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women. In today’s Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she vanished. In the Dutch East Indies’ Semarang, a young Indo-Dutch girl, Rukmini, is captured by the Japanese military and is forced into prostitution. Years later, Arini travels to the Netherlands to share her mother’s dark past with a researcher. After the American occupation of Japan in WWII ends, a fo... continue