Politics – Page 5 – The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of current and past political issues. Stories from all ends of the globe tackling difficult and contentious subject matters, which will give you an authentic point of view into different cultures and make you think.

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D.H. Lawrence

Blowing Up Trains

classics - history - political - realism - traveling

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Germany

Anna Prizkau

Shades of Grey

political - realism

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Israel

Yeshayahu Koren

Barazani

soldiers - war

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Israel

Uzi Weil

Another Love Story

Arab-Israeli - funny - holocaust - political - satire - witty

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France

Guy de Maupassant

Two Friends

friendship - melancholy - tragedy - war

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USA

Ambrose Bierce

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

American culture - classics - history - suspense - war

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Russia

Mikhail Zoshchenko

Poverty | The Galosh

absurd - funny - history - satire - Soviet Russia - working class

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Ireland

Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

classics - funny - history - poverty - satire - witty

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Russia

Anton Chekhov

Sleepy

classics - Russia - working class

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USA

Tillie Olsen

I Stand Here Ironing

female authors - memories - mother and daughter - motherhood

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USA

Phil Klay

Ten Kliks South

Al-Qaeda - guilt - realism - soldiers - war - witty

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Jane Rogers

Red Enters the Eye

political - realism - violence - women oppression

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