Short Fiction – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 6

Lisa Jahn-Clough,

The Kids of Cattywampus Street

“An extraordinary book.” --Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events   Lovers of Roald Dahl and Louis Sachar's Sideways Stories from Wayside School will be captivated by the adventures of t…

Elise Bryant, Abigail Hing Wen, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson

Serendipity

Love is in the air in Serendipity, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The m…

T. C. Boyle

I Walk Between the Raindrops

A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from 'one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver) For one woman, a cross-country tr…

Rebecca Ivory

Free Therapy

A collection that shows us ourselves as we truly are ***AN IRISH TIMES 2024 DEBUT WRITER TO LOOK OUT FOR*** 'A major new talent' I 'So precise and articulate' SUNDAY TIMES Two teenage girls fixated on…

Roxane Gay

Ayiti

'Gay's writing is unparalleled' Forbes In these clever and haunting stories, Gay explores the Haitian diaspora experience. A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homela…

Ruben Reyes Jr.

There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven

"Ruben Reyes Jr. conjures strange dreamlike worlds to explore what we would do if we woke up one morning and our lives were unrecognizable. Boundaries between the past, present, and future are blurred. Me…

Joy Williams

Concerning the Future of Souls

'Filled with humour, canny allusion, beauty, and a profundity born of glimpsing human lives' New Yorker Book of the Year 2024 'Williams is one of the most pioneering fiction writers of our time' Andrew M…

Brigitte Reimann,

Katja

Unbekannte, noch nie in Buchform veröffentlichte Erzählungen über Frauen: »Beim Thema Gleichberechtigung gehe ich auf die Barrikaden.« BRIGITTE REIMANN, 1963 Eine Schülerin sucht, wie die junge Brigitte…

Mariana Leky

Kummer aller Art

»Alle wirken innerlich blitzblank, nur in unserem Inneren sieht es aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa«, denkt sich Kioskbesitzer Armin, als er vergeblich versucht, erfolgreich zu meditieren. Und auch im Inne…

Selma Lagerlöf,

Von Trollen und Menschen

Selma Lagerlöf war die erste Frau, die 1909 den Literaturnobelpreis erhielt. Bei uns ist sie zu Unrecht nur für ihren 'Nils Holgersson' bekannt. Ihr literarisches Schaffen ist eingebettet in das mystische…

Tessa Hadley

After the Funeral

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection 'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON Heloise's father died in a car crash when sh…

Mojca Kumerdej,

Unter die Oberfläche

Dreizehn Erzählungen Mojca Kumerdejs, in denen sie die Innenwelt ihrer Figuren an die Oberfläche bringt. Unter den Oberflächen lauern mitunter dunkle, beängstigende Dinge - wie etwa bei der Frau, die nac…

Deon Meyer

The Woman in the Blue Cloak and Other Stories

Short stories and an acclaimed novella from South Africa's king of crime fiction.

Rebecca Ivory

Free Therapy

Funny, clever and true, read the unmissable short story collection about modern relationships 'Brilliant... This collection covers themes on sex, friendship and work and dives into what it means to be hu…

Yoko Ogawa,

Revenge

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMORY POLICE 'A conspicuously gifted writer...To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, …

Now That's What I Call Electronic

Margaret Atwood,

Tipps für die Wildnis

In zehn Geschichten erzählt Margaret Atwood von Frauen am Wendepunkt ihres Lebens. Auf hochintelligente Weise arbeitet Margaret Atwood dabei mit der Zeit: Dinge, die im unmittelbaren Erleben eindeutig ers…

Gary D Schmidt, Linda Sue Park, Mitali Perkins, Pam Muñoz Ryan

A Little Bit Super

"The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shapeshift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an…

Eric Daniel Weiner,

The Famously Funny Parrott

From the co-creator of the hit children's show, Dora the Explorer, comes a hilarious and timeless collection of stories about the friendship between Freddie Parrott and his loyal butler, Peccary.