Realism – Page 10 – The Short Story Project

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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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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Israel

Sami Berdugo

Ksantini, The Last Child of the Century

introspective - melancholy - memories

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Germany

Annett Gröschner

Prenzlauer Berg by Night (Nothing Doing)

alienation - class-gap - melancholy - realism

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USA

Kate Chopin

A Pair of Silk Stockings

classics - feminism - motherhood - working class

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Finland

Raija Siekkinen

Hunger

existentialism - introspective - journey

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USA

Jamaica Kincaid

Biography of a Dress

American culture - childhood - female authors - history

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Gaza

Atef Abu Saif

The Drone Eats with Me – Diaries from a City Under Fire

Israeli-Palestinian - political - realism - war

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Israel

Yossi Waxman

Gabriella (from Liebchen)

history - holocaust - tragic love - WWII

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Iraq

Hassan Blasim

The Reality and the Record

political - realism - refugees

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Czech Republic

Jáchym Topol

A Little Honey

existentialism - mother and son - realism

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Hilary Mantel

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

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