Politics – Page 7 – The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of current and past political issues. Stories from all ends of the globe tackling difficult and contentious subject matters, which will give you an authentic point of view into different cultures and make you think.

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Israel

Ayman Sikseck

To Jaffa

Arab-Israeli - political - speculative

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Mexico

Juan Rulfo

They Have Given Us The Land

classics - history - Latin America - political

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Mexico

Álvaro Enrigue

Outrage

funny - manhood - murder - nihilism - violence - working class

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Cuba|UK

Anais Nin

The Mouse

class-gap - classics - history - 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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Russia

Daniil Kharms

An Unexpected Bender | The Cashier

absurd - communism - funny - political - satire - Soviet Russia - witty

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Russia

Evgeny Schwartz

Two Brothers

allegory - Christmas - classics - dark - fairy-tale - Soviet Russia

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Israel

Alice Bialsky

Dance of the Swans

coming of age - communism - funny - music - witty

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India

Aravind Adiga

The Cool Water Well Junction

childhood - class-gap - political - poverty - realism - urban

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Peru

Alonso Cueto

An Archangel Named Gabriel

class-gap - political - realism

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Austria

Robert Menasse

Enlightenment Before a Fall

father and son - nihilism - political

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