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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Cuba|UK

Anais Nin

The Mouse

class-gap - classics - history - realism

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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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Italy

Giovanni Carmelo Verga

Rosso Malpello

classics - history - tragedy - working class

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USA

Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

American culture - class-gap - feminism - funny

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D.H. Lawrence

Odour of Chrysanthemums

classics - melancholy - political - realism - working class

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Israel

Yossel Birstein

The Letter

classics - funny - witty

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Bolivia

Giovanna Rivero

An Imperfect Day

death - fatherhood - melancholy - Oedipal

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USA

Amy Hempel

At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom

love - realism

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Peru

Alonso Cueto

An Archangel Named Gabriel

class-gap - political - realism

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Chile

Gonzalo Hernández

False Alarm

absurd - obsession - suspense

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Russia

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Blizzard

Christmas - classics - Soviet Russia

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