Absurd - A Collection Of Short Stories | The Short Story Project

Germany

Peter Glaser

Story About Nothing

absurd - atmospheric - death - existentialism - family - funny - journey - mystery

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Germany

Max Goldt

The Old Cable

family - funny - love - marriage - relationships - witty

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USA

Douglas Silver

Face

American literature - contemporary - LGBT - surreal

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Russia

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Bobok

dark humor - Russian literature - satire

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Russia

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Like Penelope

coming of age - Russia

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Palestine

Ziad Khadash

A Short Story Writer Who doesn’t Obey Army Orders

absurd - Arab-Israeli - arabic literature - irony - violence - writing

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Oscar Wilde

The Model Millionaire

class-gap - classics - Great Britain - irony - witty

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Sweden

Jonas Karlsson

Getting Ahead

absurd - loneliness - madness - psychological - surreal - suspense

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Colombia

Giuseppe Caputo

Like Hunger, Like Love

absurd - homosexuality - mother and son - psychological - relationships - surreal

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Sudan

Mansour Mohammad El Souwaim

Jabir Sabeel

absurd - arabic literature - political - surreal

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Russia

Vladimir Sorokin

The Pink Tuber

absurd - funny - irony - Soviet Russia - speculative

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Israel

Linor Katz

Tumbling Towards Absurdity

absurd - funny

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