Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World

by Ricardo Sumalavia, Stuart Dybek, Kuzhali Manickavel, et al.

Book Overview

What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report on volcanic fireflies that proliferate in nightclubs. Flash has always--and everywhere--been a form of experiment, of possibility. A new entry in the lauded Flash and Sudden Fiction anthologies, this collection includes 86 of the most beautiful, provocative, and moving narratives by authors from six continents, including best-selling writer Etgar Keret, Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah, Korean screenwriter Kim Young-ha, Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, and Argentinian "Queen of the Microstory" Ana Mar a Shua, among many others. These brilliantly chosen stories challenge readers to widen their vision and celebrate both the local and the universal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393346072
• ISBN13: 9780393346077
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.9"