English
Ireland 18
Pádraic Ó Conaire
Nora, daughter of Marcus Beag
classics - father and daughter - history - journey

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Russia 6
Varlam Shalamov
Condensed Milk
alienation - classics - history - political - Soviet Russia - WWII

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Guatemala 16
Eduardo Halfon
The Polish Boxer
history - holocaust - melancholy - WWII

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Scotland 10
Robert Louis Stevenson
Husband and Wife
journey - love - relationships

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USA 23
Daniel Mason
Death of the Pugilist (Or, the famous battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw)
Great Britain - history - poverty - suspense - working class

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Germany 5
Arno Schmidt
Drummer for the Czar
funny - history - urban - witty - writing

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Denmark 4
Hans Christian Andersen
The Little Match Girl
Christmas - classics - fairy-tale - melancholy - poverty

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UK 42
Henry James
The Real Thing
classics - realism

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Czech Republic 4
Jaroslav Hašek
How I Met the Author of My Obituary
classics - funny - macabre - satire - witty

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Czech Republic 6
Jaroslav Hašek
The Emperor Franz Joseph’s Portrait
absurd - classics - funny - history - political - witty

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UK 15
D.H. Lawrence
Blowing Up Trains
classics - history - political - realism - traveling

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Poland 19
Tadeusz Konwicki
Corporal Billygoat and I
classics - history - soldiers - war - WWII

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