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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Algeria

Waciny Laredj

Deception or Dreams of the Man Who Didn’t Lose His Shadow

history - political - realism - violence - war

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Ireland

James Joyce

The Dead

Christmas - contemplative - death - love - relationships

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Ukraine

Marina Lewycka

The Dependant’s Tale as told to Marina Lewycka

political - realism - refugees

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Scotland

Ali Smith

The Detainee’s Tale as told to Ali Smith

confession - political - realism - refugees

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Kamila Shamsie

The Lover’s Tale as told to Kamila Shamsie

Great Britain - refugees - trauma

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Palestine

Alaa Hlehel

Scandal

childhood - family - middle east - realism - women oppression

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Henry James

The Tree of Knowledge

classics - friendship - modernism - relationships - secret

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USA

Tehila Lieberman

Waltz on East 6th Street

history - holocaust - trauma - WWII

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Sudan

Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin

Birth

betrayal - melancholy - war

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Russia

Marina Tsvetayeva

Miracle of the Horses

animals - class-war - classics - political - Russia

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USA

O. Henry

The Last Leaf

American culture - oppression - racism

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Syria

Jan Dost

A Handful of Dirt

political - realism - refugees - war

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