They might blur the line between fiction and reality. The following stories are among the 24 featured in the issue.
Aimed at younger readers, Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls, (Amazon) is an anthology of stories … Here are some free short stories to read online. These stories contain commentary on writing or storytelling. A Continuity of Parks | Julio Cortazar A man relaxes with a novel that he had started earlier. Its good streak did not end with the end of the Soviet period; contemporary Russian literature has plenty to offer to both Russian and international readers. In it a woman and her lover are scheming against her husband. These very short stories are perfect for high school or middle school students, or anyone who loves reading. From its golden age and Tolstoy and Dostoevsky to Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn in the 20th century, Russian literature has a masterpiece for any taste. The man reading becomes immersed in the story.
Issue 11 of The Common Mag is dedicated to new fiction from across the Arab world. Russia is a country famous for its literature. We will read short stories of literary merit written in the past 25 years by the following highly acclaimed authors: Tim O’Brien, Alice Munro, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jay McInerney, and Edith Pearlman. The youngest writer on this list, Navarro was included in Granta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists anthology issue in 2010. There are examples of many types of stories … … Continue reading Postmodern Short Stories: Metafiction & Storytelling →
Calling her a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy awarded 82-year-old Alice Munro the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
The stories can also be interpreted from other perspectives, but for each story a case can be made that it supports feminist principles or is illustrating the inequality that women experience. We will discuss the stories and explore the themes and moral questions these authors raise.