mimi10v3Compressed worlds where war, migration, desire, and metaphysical surprise arrive without the explanatory room of a novel. Borges and O'Brien mark the shelf's range from labyrinth to testimony.
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In September, the Light Changes
About the bookThis collection gathers sixteen short stories by Andrew Holleran, spanning two decades of his career. The narratives frequently explore the queer male experience through lenses of aging…
8/10Modern Literature : Short StoriesLabyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
About the bookThis bilingual collection gathers Jorge Luis Borges's most celebrated short stories and essays, bridging his earlier volumes Ficciones and The Aleph with his later prose. The stories ar…
8/10Modern Literature : Short StoriesThe Things They Carried
About the bookThis collection of linked short stories follows a platoon of American soldiers during the Vietnam War, blending factual detail with fictional invention to explore the psychological weig…
6/10Modern Literature : Short StoriesForgiveness: Ireland's Best Contemporary Short Stories
About the bookThis anthology gathers twenty-five short stories by contemporary Irish writers, united by the thematic thread of forgiveness. The collection examines the complex social and psychologica…
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| CivilWarLand in Bad Decline | George Saunders | 1996 | 4 | Read | → |
| Collected Stories | Gabriel García Márquez | 2014 | — | Unread | → |
| Complete Stories | Clarice Lispector | 2015 | — | Partly read | → |
| Forgiveness: Ireland's Best Contemporary Short Stories | Augustine Martin (Editor) | 1989 | 6 | Read | → |
| In September, the Light Changes | Andrew Holleran | 1999 | 8 | Read | → |
| Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | 1999 | 6 | Read | → |
| Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings | Jorge Luis Borges | 1962 | 8 | Read | → |
| Presence: Collected Stories | Arthur Miller | 1995 | 4 | Read | → |
| The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino | 2009 | — | Unread | → |
| The Illustrated Man | Ray Bradbury | 1951 | — | Read | → |
| The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien | 1990 | 8 | Read | → |
| Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories | Ruskin Bond | 1989 | 6 | Read | → |