THE JOYS OF LITERATURE
towards an international library
a beginner's guide to the 10 essential books
of short fiction -
to understand the cultures of the world in
the context of our time.
[] 10 BEST BOOKS OF SHORT FICTION
● HADJI MURAD: Leo Tolstoi (russia)
● NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL: Gabriel García Márquez (colombia)
● TWENTY POEMS OF LOVE AND A SONG OF DESPAIR: Pablo Neruda (chile)
● THE HOUSE OF HUNGER: Dumbudzo
Marechera (zimbabwe)
● MIDAQ ALLEY: Naguib Mehfouz
(egypt)
● HEART OF DARKNESS: Joseph
Conrad (poland / britain)
● METAMORPHOSIS: Franz Kafka (germany)
● ANIMAL FARM: George Orwell (britain)
● THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: Arthur Conan Doyle (britain)
● TO A GOD UNKNOWN: John Steinbeck (usa)
© farouk asvat
composed: 2010 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
10 Best Books of Short Fiction was
previously published in:
Weapons of Words (kindle, 2016);
Weapons of Words (amazon paperback, p116, 2016).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:
● Sadness In The House
Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The
Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long
Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings
Sad Songs (poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are
Coming (short stories)*
● In The House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)
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