Melancholy - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of melancholy. Some call it the black bile, some call it the blues, or weltschmerz, in all its nomenclatures, melancholy and depression are central to human experience. This collection features selected literary expressions of this universal condition, woven by authors from all cultures and spanning all periods.

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Slovenia

Andrej Blatnik

Cracks | Mainland

contemplative - death - melancholy - memories

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Austria

Dorian Steinhoff

If That’s How It Is

love - melancholy - relationships

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Colombia

Andrés Caicedo

The Spectator

alienation - loneliness - melancholy - violence

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Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen

The Little Match Girl

Christmas - classics - fairy-tale - melancholy - poverty

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Hungary

István Örkény

One Minute Stories

existentialism - funny - philosophy - witty - writing

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France

Mathias Énard

The Last Charge of the Russian Cossacks

existentialism - writing

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France

Guy de Maupassant

The Diamond Necklace

classics - history - irony - money - poverty

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Israel

Yehudit Hendel

The Dancer

existentialism - introspective - philosophy

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France

Véronique Bizot

George’s Wife

guilt - murder - revenge

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Germany

Ralf Rothmann

Gethsemane

death - loss - love - melancholy

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Germany

Karen Köhler

We Were Fishing For Rockets

death - funny - tragic love - witty

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Germany

Saša Stanišić

The Great Illusion at Klingenreiter Lumber Sawmill and Woodworking Import Export

family - friendship - loneliness - relationships

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