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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D.H. Lawrence

Odour of Chrysanthemums

classics - melancholy - political - realism - working class

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Israel

Yossel Birstein

The Letter

classics - funny - witty

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Bolivia

Giovanna Rivero

An Imperfect Day

death - fatherhood - melancholy - Oedipal

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USA

Amy Hempel

At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom

love - realism

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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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Chile

Gonzalo Hernández

False Alarm

absurd - obsession - suspense

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Russia

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Blizzard

Christmas - classics - Soviet Russia

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Serbia

David Albahari

The Pajamas

despair - father and son - funny - getting old - irony - witty

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Hungary

László Darvasi

The Dog Lover’s Handbook

alienation - loneliness - old age - pets - poverty

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USA

James Baldwin

Previous Condition

American culture - classics - political - racism - realism

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Chile

Juan Pablo Roncone

The Death of a Kangaroo

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