|
Yadira's Favorite Short Stories
|
|
|
|
Bliss Montage : Stories
by Ling Ma
Stories - A new creation by the author of Severance, the stories in Bliss Montage crash through our carefully built mirages.
|
|
|
The Houseguest: And Other Stories
by Amparo Dávila
Making nightmares come to life, a master storyteller, in her first collection in English, applies her acute psychological insight to stories in which her characters are driven to the very limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, loneliness and fear.
|
|
|
Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories
by Guadalupe Nettel
Intricately woven masterpieces of craft, mournful for their human cries in defiance of our sometimes less than human surroundings, Nettel's stories and novels are dazzlingly enjoyable to read for their deep interest in human foibles.
|
|
|
Red Ants
by Pergentino José
Stories - A literary triumph by one of Mexico's most promising young authors, Red Ants is the first ever literary translation into English from the Sierra Zapotec. This vibrant collection of short stories by Pergentino José updates magical realism for the 21st century. Red Ants paints a candid picture of indigenous Mexican life -- an essential counterpoint to cultural products of the colonial gaze. José's fantastical stories tackle themes of family, love, and independence in his signature style: unapologetically personal, coolly emotional, and always surprising.
|
|
|
Afterparties: Stories
by Anthony So
Fiction - Short stories that portray of the lives of Cambodian-Americans still dealing with the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide including a young, disillusioned teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick and a child whose mother survived a school shooting.
|
|
|
Los Peligros de Fumar en la Cama
by Mariana Enriquez
Una niña desentierra en el jardín unos huesos que resultan no ser de un animal; la bucólica escena veraniega de unas chicas que se bañan en un paraje natural acaba convertida en un infierno de celos de inquietantes consecuencias; un mendigo despreciado siembra la desgracia en un barrio pudiente; Barcelona se transforma en un escenario perturbador, marcado por la culpa y del que es imposible escapar; una presencia fantasmal busca un sacrificio en un balneario; una chica siente una atracción fetichista por los corazones enfermos; un rockero fallecido de un modo atroz recibe un homenaje de sus fans que va más allá de lo imaginable; un chico que filma clandestinamente a parejas haciendo el amor y a mujeres con tacones altos caminando por las calles recibe una propuesta que le cambiará la vida... En los doce soberbios cuentos que componen este volumen Mariana Enriquez despliega todo un repertorio de recursos del relato clásico de terror: apariciones espectrales, brujas, sesiones de espiritismo, grutas, visiones, muertos que vuelven a la vida... Pero, lejos de proponer una mera revisitación arqueológica del género, reelabora ese material con una voz propia y radicalmente moderna. Tirando del hilo de la mejor tradición, la lleva un paso más allá, con historias que indagan en lo siniestro que se agazapa en lo cotidiano.
|
|
|
Painted Cities
by Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski
A debut collection by a Pilsen native is set in the gritty and violently beautiful south side barrio and follows how the region's vendettas and environment shape the daily lives of a range of characters, including a 14-year-old immigrant who might possess an ability to bring people back from the dead.
|
|
|
People from My Neighborhood
by Hiromi Kawakami
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo , a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical--"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" ( Financial Times ).
|
|
|
Heartbreaker: Stories
by Maryse Meijer
A debut collection explores the dark regions of the human psyche, touching on such themes as sex, femininity and family in stories about people who demonstrate a willingness to commit violence in the name of love and survival.
|
|
|
Homesick for another world: Stories
by Ottessa Moshfegh
A highly anticipated first collection by the award-winning author of Eileen features protagonists who stumble on their own base impulses in their unsettling and laugh-out-loud pursuits of fulfillment.
|
|
|
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
by Danielle Evans
The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self examines race, grief and apology in a history-inspired anthology that complements the title novella with the stories, “Boys Go to Jupiter” and “Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain.”
|
|
|
Cowboy Graves: three novellas
by Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño's boundless imagination and seemingly inexhaustible gift for shaping the chaos of his reality into enduring fiction is unmistakable in these three exhilarating novellas. Cowboy Graves is an unexpected treasure from the vault of a master of contemporary fiction. These three fiercely original tales bear the signatures of Bolaño's extraordinary body of work, echoing the strange characters and uncanny scenes of his great triumphs, while deepening our understanding of his profound gifts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|