Realism - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories in the genre of literary realism. Stories that represent reality by portraying everyday experiences as they are in real life. No glitz, no glamour, only life as it truthfully unfolds, sometimes in drama and sometimes in monotony.

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Japan

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Rashōmon

classics - existentialism - loneliness - nihilism

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Romania

Augustin Cupsa

The Cold

communism - Eastern Europe - father and son - history

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USA

Phil Klay

Ten Kliks South

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

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Israel

Sharon Horodi

Thorns

Arab-Israeli - family - lovers - political - tragic love

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Greece

Kostas Katsoularis

Dead Dog at Midnight

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Turkey

Ayfer Tunç

The Snow Traveller

atmospheric - loneliness - mystery - obsession - plot twist - unrequited love

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Australia

Christos Tsiolkas

Genetic Material

father and son - Freudian - Oedipal - old age - psychological

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Israel

Itamar Orlev

Retirement Home for War Heroes, Warsaw

Eastern Europe - father and son - history - old age - WWII

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Israel

Bella Shaier

Twice

alienation - friendship - loneliness - realism

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Israel

Nir Baram

Beit Hakerem. Jerusalem, 1985

Arab-Israeli - childhood - memories - political

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Israel

Liat Elkayam

Honey

melancholy - realism - wedding

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Israel

Nurit Zarchi

The Sad and Ambitious Girls of the Province

love - melancholy - memories - tragic love

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