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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Germany

Annett Gröschner

Prenzlauer Berg by Night (Nothing Doing)

alienation - class-gap - melancholy - realism

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USA

Ramona Ausubel

Safe Passage

death - female authors - speculative

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USA

Kate Chopin

A Pair of Silk Stockings

classics - feminism - motherhood - working class

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Brazil

Clarice Lispector

Monkeys

female authors - introspective - psychological

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France

Gilles Rozier

Regina

loss - love - melancholy - relationships

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Brazil

Machado de Assis

The Hidden Cause

atmospheric - classics - Latin America - mystery - secret

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Denmark

Dorthe Nors

The Winter Garden

childhood - father and daughter - memories - psychological

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Israel

Yossi Waxman

Gabriella (from Liebchen)

history - holocaust - tragic love - WWII

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Egypt

Abd al Rahman Munif

The Open Door

classics - family - guilt - motherhood

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USA

Lorrie Moore

How to Talk to Your Mother (notes)

childhood - memories - mother and daughter

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Czech Republic

Jáchym Topol

A Little Honey

existentialism - mother and son - realism

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Uruguay

Juan Carlos Onetti

Welcome, Bob

Freudian - jealousy - manhood - old age

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