Melancholy - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of melancholy. Some call it the black bile, some call it the blues, or weltschmerz, in all its nomenclatures, melancholy and depression are central to human experience. This collection features selected literary expressions of this universal condition, woven by authors from all cultures and spanning all periods.

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Canada

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Emily of New Moon – Chapter 2

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Canada

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Emily of New Moon – Chapter 3

emily of new moon

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Canada

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Emily from New Moon – Chapter 4

emily of new moon

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Israel

Nurit Zarchi

Madame Bovary from Neveh Tsedek

alternative history - female authors - feminism - passion - Tel-Aviv

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Syria

Jan Dost

The Veiled Man

arabic literature - father and son - homosexuality - horror - Oedipal - violence

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Argentina

Martín Felipe Castagnet

The Next Soviet Union

alienation - Latin America - satire - technology - unrequited love

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Iraq

Ali Badr

The Enigmatic Crime of the Signals Private

confession - iran - murder - soldiers - war

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Israel

Hisham Naffa

The Shoe

atmospheric - contemplative - introspective - loneliness - melancholy

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Sweden

Eric Stenbock

Hylas

classics - death - jealousy - myths - tragic love

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Sudan

Omayma Abdullah

The Route through Purgatory

arabic literature - death - refugees - war

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Syria

Ahmed Omar

River of Honey, Lake of Milk

arabic literature - atmospheric - childhood - coming of age - Freudian - melancholy - unrequited love

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Palestine

Naji Daher

Nightly Lament

arabic literature - death - marriage - relationships - surreal - violence

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