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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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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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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USA

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Weather

American culture - relationships - tragedy

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Nigeria

Inua Ellams

The Unaccompanied Minor’s Tale

journey - political - realism - refugees

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USA

Amy Gustine

The River Warta

American culture - family - immigration - relationships

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USA

Steven Schwartz

The Last Communist

coming of age - communism - family - political

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Israel

Yariv Sapir

Sun Shields

childhood - family - kibbutz - realism

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