Wednesday, July 15, 2015

reading the world - short stories



There are so many books out there - and so many countries. Since I travelled to Asia and around Europe, I also started to travel more in reading - looking for books from other countries, preferably written from authors who live there. A list of the countries I "visited" so far, with links to the reading notes, is online here: Books from around the world. 

This summer, I am doing a trip around the globe in short stories, to visit some of the places that are "missing yet". More about the summer reading, and the main posts:


Below is a list of the short stories I read since July, sorted by continents / countries. The stories that stood out for me are marked with an "*".

*

ASIA + Middle East

Bangladesh
"Me and Mycobacterium tuberculosi" by Shahaduz Zaman (Migration, blog post)

China
The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu  (Hugo Award, blog post)

India
"Ebony has many shades", by Mira Desai

Israel
"The King of Norway" by Amos Oz  (NY podcast blog)

Iraq / Mexico
"¿Cómo Se Dice Gravy?" by Huda Al-Marashi  (Reading In Her Place)

Japan
* "Mono no aware" by Ken Liu (Hugo Award, blog post)

Kuwait
"The Bamboo Stalk" by Saud Alsonousi

Malaysia/HongKong
"Leng Lui is for Pretty Lady" by Elaine Chiew

Sri Lanka
Roadkill by Romesh Gunesekra

Singapore
"A Day in the Death" by Sara Adam Ang, Singapore

Thailand
"Pen in Parentheses" by Parbda Yoon
*“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Netherlands, (Hugo Award, blog post)

Vietnam/France
*"The Waiting Stars" by Aliette de Bodard (Nebula Award, blog post)



*

EUROPE

Cyprus
"Til God" by Polis Loizou (Between Borders, blog post)

Czechoslovakia
"Ignorance" by Milan Kundera (home& exil)

Germany
*East Germany: "Futures Past" by E.E.Mason

Greece
"Piece by Piece They’re Taking My World Away" by Christos Ikonomou (Migration, blog post)

Finland
"Farthest from Death" by Elina Hivronen

Monaco
"Too Dear!" by Leo Tolstoy

Norway
"Come Together" by Karl Ove Knausgaard (NY podcast blog)

Romania
"A Popular Passport" by Avra Kouffman (Reading In Her Place)
The missing lady rowers by Daniel Banulescu (home& exil)

UK
"Killing Time" by Lucy Caldwell (blog post)


*

AMERICA


Antigua
"Girl / Wingless" by Jamaica Kincaid  (NY podcast blog)

Argentine
"Until a Hurricane Sweeps Through" by Margarita García Robayo
Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges 
 (NY podcast blog)

Canada
"Cuts Both Ways" by Heather Clitheroe (Women who... blog post)

Chile
"Clara" by Roberto Bolano (NY podcast blog)

Colombia
The Ears of the Wolf by Antonio Ungar 
(Translation blog post)
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Garcia Marquez (home&exil)

Cuba
"Cubanology" by Omar Perez (Translation blog post)

Guyana
"Sending for Chantal" by Maggie Harris (blog post)

Guatemala
"Crying Poverty in Guatemala Airport" by David Hutt  (Between Borders, blog post)

Haiti
* "Things I Know About Fairy Tales" by Roxane Gay

Russia/US
"The Bed" by Vladimir Vertlib  (Migration, blog post)

US
* "Wakulla Spings" by Andy Duncan + Ellen Klages (Nebula/blog post)
If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Hugo Award, blog post)


*

AFRICA

Ethiopia
The Paper Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu (NY podcast blog)

Ghana/Zambia
"Chicken" by Efemia Chela (Caine Prize, blog post)

Kenya
"The Gorilla's Apprentice" Billy Kahora (Kenya)
"My Father's Head" Okwiri Oduor (Kenya) , (Caine Prize, blog post)

Mozambique
"The Ultimate Safari" by Nadine Gordimer

Nigeria
Supersonic Bus by Jowhor Ile (Between Borders, blog post)

Puerto Rico / Spain
"Spanish Flies" by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Reading In Her Place)


South Africa
* "Phosphorescence" by Diane Awerbuck (Caine Prize, blog post)

Zimbabwe
* "The Intervention" by Tendai Huchu (Caine Prize, blog post)

Somalia/US
Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Hugo 2014)

Uganda
"Let's Tell This Story Properly" by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (blog post)

Madagascar
"Childhood in Madagascar" Christian Dumoux

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AUSTRALIA / OZEANIA

Australia
"The Dog and the Sea" by Lucy Treloar (blog post)

New Zealand
"Prizes" by Janet Frame (NY podcast blog)

*
OTHER TERRITORIES

Antarctica
Every Thought, Every Motion by Berit Ellingsen

Africa
To the Border: a Story in 3 Parts by Martin MacInnes
"Night-Train to Kalaki" by Tara Isabelle Burton (Between Borders, blog post)


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