Coming Of Age

A handpicked collection of short stories surrounding themes of growing up and following the pains and woes of becoming an adult. Childhood memories, pivotal challenges, desperate loves all from the pen of classic authors and young up-and-comers alike.

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Spain

María Fernanda Ampuero

Nam

America - coming of age - father and daughter - friendship - sexuality - trauma - war

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Russia

Teffi

The White Flower

coming of age - female authors - Russia - witty

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Algeria

Habib Sayah

Chaim and Me (A chapter from novel)

arabic literature - childhood - colonialism - coming of age - racism

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USA

Mimi Broihier

The Mother of all Defiance – Fourth Place

coming of age - melancholy - memories

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Israel

Edna Shemesh

And The Sea Is Not Full

coming of age - family - holocaust

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Italy

Anna Maria Ortese

A Pair of Eyeglasses

childhood - class-gap - funny - modern classic - poverty

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Mexico

Fernanda Melchor

The UFO, The Beach, and The Dead

childhood - coming of age - irony - Latin America

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Sweden

Andrea Lundgren

The Father Hole

childhood - coming of age - father and daughter - horror - violence

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Germany

Zsuzsa Bánk

Lydia

atmospheric - childhood - memories - relationships

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USA

David Jauss

Glossolalia

despair - father and son - guilt - tragedy

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Russia

Teffi

The Green Devil

classics - coming of age - Russia - young love

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Richard Marsh

An Old-Fashioned Christmas

childhood - Christmas - coming of age - family - funny - loneliness - love

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