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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USA

Ernest Hemingway

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

American culture - American literature - classics - death - manhood - memories - realism - unrequited love

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USA

Zora Neale Hurston

Spunk

American culture - American literature - death - female authors - horror - mystery - realism - unrequited love - violence

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USA

Zora Neale Hurston

Sweat

American culture - female authors - loneliness - realism - violence

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Russia

Ivan Bunin

Gentle Breathing

coming of age - death - melancholy - psychological - realism - Russia

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USA

Todd Pitock

And Even Higher

contemporary

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Naomi Nightingale

Nocturnal Yearnings

dark - existentialism - family - female authors

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USA

Gordon Haber

Services

grief - realism - religion - war

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USA

Mariam Rahmani

The Translator I Never Wanted to Be

female authors - realism - relationships

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Japan

Sayaka Murata

A Clean Marriage

family - female authors - love - marriage - relationships - writing

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Spain

Andrea Abreu

Dogs of Summer

female authors - philosophy - realism - unrequited love - writing

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Russia

Lyudmila Ulitskaya

The Fugitive

classics - journey - love - philosophy - relationships - Russia

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Tove Ditlevsen

Two Women

female authors - loneliness - realism - writing

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