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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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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Unknown Author

The Visit

arabic literature - childhood - introspective - memories

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USA

Mimi Broihier

The Mother of all Defiance – Fourth Place

coming of age - melancholy - memories

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Israel

Sarit Elkon

Close to the Body – Fifth Place

animals - atmospheric - female authors - loneliness - memories

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Israel

Lea Goldberg

The Rose Garden (A Fairy Tale)

allegory - atmospheric - contemplative - fairy-tale

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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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Israel

Lea Goldberg

Autumn (A Fairy Tale)

allegory - atmospheric - contemplative - fairy-tale - love

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Canada

Cory Doctorow

By His Things Shall You Know Him

death - father and son - irony - memories - psychological - technology

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USA

Tehila Lieberman

Waltz on East 6th Street

history - holocaust - trauma - WWII

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Sudan

Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin

Birth

betrayal - melancholy - war

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