There is a great story called Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut. Its quite a bit depressing but its fantastic. (it kind of scares me too)
There is a great story called Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut. Its quite a bit depressing but its fantastic. (it kind of scares me too)
I intend to live forever - so far so good.
J.L. Borges' Labyrinths... oh hell, just about anything.
Franz Kafka's Complete Stories
Tomasso Landolfi's Gogol's Wife
Checkov...Checkov...Checkov
ditto Tolstoy
ditto Maupassant
Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics
Henry James
H.G. Wells
Ambrose Bierce
Thomas Mann- Death in Venice
Donald Barthleme
... a decent start.
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lisahead,i havent read this,sorry.hope you can re read it soon. ^ ^
Hmmm, lets go for some genre fiction:
"All You Zombies" - Heinlein
"Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes
"The Last Question" - Isaac Asimov
"The Veldt" - Ray Bradbury
"Nicholas Was" - Neil Gaiman
and . . .
"The Dead" - James Joyce.
I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees ~ Pablo Neruda
All of the suggestions already-posted are truly fine. "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Somerset Maugham
has written many wonderful short stories, which can also
be found in movie versions. ("Trio," "Quartet.")
Also, forgive my American bias, but John Updike, Bernard Malamud, and Raymond Carver will enamour you to the genre.
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Let me recommend the humor of O Henry. Aside from humor "The Gift of the Magi" is a classic of his.
I agree with O Henry...he's fantastic!
Kate Chopin is usually pretty good...
anything by Edgar Allen Poe...I love him!!!
The Thing in the Forest by A. S. Byatt
A Conversation with my Father by Grace Paley
Happy Endings by Margret Atwood
Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants by Nadine Gordimer
The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
these are a few of my favorites...enjoy!
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'The Rocking-Horse Winner' is an interesting story of D.H.Lawrence, but this story is a much later one, when Lawrence explored a more supernatural idea. Lawrence has many other great short stories just as interesting and beautifully written. We recently disgussed some in a thread dedicated just for "Lawrence Short Stories". Check it out, if you can find the time. Soon we will resume with 'Odour of Chrysanthamums' - which is one of his most well-known and acclaimed stories.
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Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I would like to second The Dead by James Joyce, I found it excellent, too.
Since you are from China, you might be interested in Yiyun Li, a Chinese writer who two years ago received the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award for her collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. I read some of her pieces and liked them very much.
Some more authors I enjoyed except of those already mentioned are Doris Lessing, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie and Joseph Conrad.
Have fun reading and let us know which one's your favourite !
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I love the story "The Dead". I also, like the Houston film starring his daughter, Angelica Houston. It is amazing....this film captures the story perfectly. I have viewed it countless times and never tire of seeing it again.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Any short stories by the following authors are exquisite:
Feodor Dostoevsky (The Dream of a Ridiculous Man), Nathaniel Hawthorne (Young Goodman Brown), Edgar Allan Poe (The Cask of Amontillado), and Oscar Wilde (most of his stories).
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"In Alcala" is a haunting & beautifully constructed story by PG Wodehose. Think I might have mentioned it elsewhere on this site. Chekov`s short stories are also worth a mention. Conan Doyle churned out many short stories apart from the Sherlock Holmes tales for which he is famous. They make undemanding but enjoyable reading.
I really liked this story. Even though I didn't understand it the first time I read it..lolOriginally Posted by Janine
And I second most of the suggestions mentioned above. I obviously forgot to mention O Henry, he's a genius. Kate Chopin is brilliant as well.
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For me, the work of Franz Kafka is as good as short stories (or writing in general, for that matter) can get. But I'm also a little fanatical in that regard. After that Isaac Babel, Hawthorne, and Poe (most of these have already been suggested) are all excellent. And if you're looking for something more modern (and much less sombre in tone) you might try some of Haruki Murakami's short stories (not exactly high art, but fun anyway.)
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I suggest
Sharlok Holmes by Arther Conan Doyel
THE DAVNICI CODE
THE MISARABLES
OLIVER TWIST
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
REGARDS
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