With the publication of 'The Overcoat' in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809–1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a h...

For readers who love great short-short stories, this bountiful anthology is the best of Latin American and U.S. Latino writers. Following on the success of the Flash Fiction and Sudden Fiction series, Robert Shapard and James Thomas ...

Love and torment, lunacy and desire, tenderness and war — the stories in Bats Out of Hell provide a brilliant, dazzling odyssey into American life. Barry Hannah's reputation as a master of the short story, first established in 1978 ...

An anthology illuminates storytelling as a fundamental human impulse and includes ballads, poems, parables, anecdotes, fairy tales, and legends alongside short works by such figures as Anton Chekhov, Robert Frost, D. H. Lawrence, and ...

   This sequel to Truth Tales contains ten stories by ten of the most renowned and inventive writers of India, translated from nine different languages. Rich in regional flavor, each story offers a glimpse into the everyday l...

J. D. Salinger's 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish,' John Cheever's 'Goodbye, My Brother,' Doris Lessing's 'Through the Tunnel': These and dozens of other beloved stories share the beach as their setting. In fact, it is remarkable how man...

26 stories that explore universal rites of passage as well as culture-specific complexities of youth: Gordimer, Mrquez, Mukherjee, Okri, Lim, Mahfouz, Drabble, Wicomb, B. Wongar, et. al.

These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students. ...

Roping a buffalo, running off cattle rustlers, sitting out a winter storm in a cave-adventures like these were all part of everyday life for the cowboy. They're depicted here in stories that have stood the test of time, by writers who...

Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction, and as the inventor of the modern mystery, Poe created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Attenti...

With a roster of acclaimed fiction writers, Mixed shatters expectations of what it means to be multiracial.Globally, the number of multiracial people is exploding. In 10 US states, the percentage of multiracial residents who are of sc...

Table of ContentsNorthern Zone:Carmen Naranjo 'Believe It or Not'Jose Leon Sanchez 'The Girl Who Came from the Moon'Mario Gonzalez Feo 'Bucho Vargas, Healer and Medicine Man'San Jose and the Central Valley:Yolanda Oreamuno 'The Lizard...

MANY CULTURES * ONE WORLD'Boricua is what Puerto Ricans call one another as a term of endearment, respect, and cultural affirmation; it is a timeless declaration that transcends gender and color. Boricua is a powerful word that tells ...

It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ...

Collected from nearly two hundred international magazines, a group of short stories covers a wide range of themes and includes the works of such well-known writers as William Maxwell, Margaret Atwood, and Don DeLillo.

This collection of Mark Twain stories has not been in print for many years. The 19 stories are a good representation of Twain's work and abilities. This rare volume can serve as a colorful, exciting collection addition for those who a...

Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid c...

Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? T...

Some of Italy's best-known writers, including Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi, join Italy's rising literary stars to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside, across th...