Anasoft litera 2023 · Finalist
Patchwork in White
Jana Bodnárová
Novella · 114 pages
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Collection · 85 books in English
Short reads
Prize-listed novellas and short stories, for an evening or a weekend. Japan's Akutagawa Prize and Korea's Yi Sang Literary Award go to books like these.
The books
Akutagawa 2006 (first half) · Candidate
Love at Least
Yukiko Motoya
Novella · 140 pages
Anasoft litera 2021 · Winner
Unicorns
Barbora Hrínová
Short stories · 190 pages
Akutagawa 2004 (second half) · Candidate
Don't Laugh at Other People's Sex Lives
Nao-Cola Yamazaki
Novella · 120 pages
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Akutagawa 2021 (second half) · Candidate
Schoolgirl
Rie Qudan
Novella · 172 pages
Anasoft litera 2022 · Finalist
This Room Is Impossible to Eat
Nicol Hochholczerová
Novella · 151 pages
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International Booker 2025 · Winner
Heart Lamp
Banu Mushtaq
Short stories
Akutagawa 2023 (first half) · Winner
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
Novella · 93 pages
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2017 · Winner
Animals
Eva Menasse
Short stories · 316 pages
Akutagawa 2011 (second half) · Winner
Cannibals
Shinya Tanaka
Novella · 140 pages
Yi Sang 2007 · Excellence prize
To the Kennels: And Other Stories
Pyun Hye-young
Short story
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Akutagawa 2022 (first half) · Candidate
Gifted
Suzumi Suzuki
Novella · 118 pages
Yi Sang 2004 · Excellence prize
Wafers
Ha Seong-nan
Short story
Yi Sang 2003 · Excellence prize
Wafers
Ha Seong-nan
Short story
Akutagawa 2011 (second half) · Winner
Harlequin Butterfly
Toh EnJoe
Novella · 173 pages
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Warwick Prize 2023 · Shortlist
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Krisztina Tóth
Short stories · 184 pages
Anasoft litera 2012 · Finalist
The Moon in Foil
Zuska Kepplová
Short stories · 171 pages
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Warwick Prize 2024 · Shortlist
White Nights
Urszula Honek
Short stories · 154 pages
Anasoft litera 2007 · Winner
The Healer
Marek Vadas
Short stories · 157 pages
Akutagawa 2013 (first half) · Winner
Nails and Eyes
Kaori Fujino
Novella · 125 pages
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Akutagawa 2020 (second half) · Winner
Idol, Burning
Rin Usami
Novella · 125 pages
Anasoft litera 2013 · Finalist
Vanity Unfair
Zuzana Cigánová
Novella · 120 pages
National Book Award 2022 · Winner
Seven Empty Houses
Samanta Schweblin
Short stories
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Magnesia Litera 2017 · Shortlist
The Lake
Bianca Bellová
Novella · 186 pages
Warwick Prize 2022 · Shortlist
Marzahn, Mon Amour
Katja Oskamp
Short stories · 142 pages
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Akutagawa 2000 (first half) · Winner
Rip It Up
Kou Machida
Novella · 188 pages
Sahitya Akademi 2021 · Winner
A Red-necked Green Bird
Ambai
Short stories
Akutagawa 2012 (first half) · Winner
Touring the Land of the Dead
Maki Kashimada
Novella · 156 pages
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Nike 2018 · Shortlist
I'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To
Mikołaj Grynberg
Short stories · 128 pages
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National Book Award 2023 · Finalist
Cursed Bunny
Bora Chung
Short stories · 328 pages
International Booker 2021 · Shortlist
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
Short stories · 224 pages
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UJ-prys 2022 · Winner
Mad Honey
SJ Naudé
Short stories · 240 pages
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International Booker 2021 · Shortlist
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Mariana Enríquez
Short stories · 221 pages
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Icelandic Literary Prize 2005 · Winner
Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Short stories · 214 pages
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Warwick Prize 2021 · Winner
An Inventory of Losses
Judith Schalansky
Short stories · 252 pages
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Sahitya Akademi 2014 · Winner
The Loneliness of Hira Barua
Arupa Patangia Kalita
Short stories · 216 pages
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Österreichischer Buchpreis 2017 · Shortlist
The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero
Paulus Hochgatterer
Novella · 110 pages
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Brage 2014 · Shortlist
Winter Stories
Ingvild H. Rishøi
Short stories · 128 pages
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Akutagawa 2015 (second half) · Winner
Picnic in the Storm
Yukiko Motoya
Novella · 166 pages
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Warwick Prize 2020 · Shortlist
Lake Like a Mirror
Ho Sok Fong
Short stories
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Sapir 2018 · Winner
Fly Already
Etgar Keret
Short stories · 159 pages
Warwick Prize 2020 · Shortlist
Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Rania Mamoun
Short stories · 65 pages
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Governor General's (French) 2015 · Finalist
A Blanket Against Darkness
Catherine Harton
Short stories · 171 pages
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UJ-prys 2011 · Winner
The Snow Sleeper
Marlene van Niekerk
Short stories · 192 pages
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Aegon 2008 · Shortlist
Night School: A Reader for Grownups
Zsófia Bán
Short stories · 232 pages
Anasoft litera 2015 · Finalist
Fleeting Snow
Pavel Vilikovský
Novella · 142 pages
Akutagawa 2000 (second half) · Winner
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Toshiyuki Horie
Novella · 165 pages
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BBC Ukrainian Book 2014 · Shortlist
Mesopotamia
Serhiy Zhadan
Short stories · 364 pages
Akutagawa 2005 (first half) · Winner
The Boy in the Earth
Fuminori Nakamura
Novella · 140 pages
Sahitya Akademi 2012 · Winner
The Nail and Other Stories
Gourahari Das
Short stories
Magnesia Litera 2005 · Winner
Maybe We're Leaving
Jan Balabán
Short stories · 136 pages
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Warwick Prize 2017 · Shortlist
Swallowing Mercury
Wioletta Greg
Short stories · 115 pages
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International Booker 2018 · Shortlist
The World Goes On
László Krasznahorkai
Short stories
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Yi Sang 2010 · Excellence prize
North Station
Bae Suah
Short story
Anasoft litera 2012 · Winner
In the Name of the Father and Other Stories
Balla
Novella · 109 pages
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Yi Sang 2009 · Excellence prize
Wolves
Jeon Sungtae
Short story
Sahitya Akademi 2005 · Winner
Kasturi Mrig
Chetan Swami
Short stories · 80 pages
Brage 2007 · Shortlist
Trilogy
Jon Fosse
Novella · 74 pages
Warwick Prize 2017 · Shortlist
Swallow Summer
Larissa Boehning
Short stories · 156 pages
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Yi Sang 2005 · Winner
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
Short story · 378 pages
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Khatulistiwa 2010 · Shortlist
For Nadira
Leila S. Chudori
Short stories · 270 pages
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Sahitya Akademi 2001 · Winner
Collected Stories
Naiyer Masud
Short stories · 224 pages
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Anasoft litera 2009 · Finalist
Ilona. My Life with the Bard
Jana Juráňová
Novella · 192 pages
Schweizer Buchpreis 2013 · Shortlist
Barbarian Spring
Jonas Lüscher
Novella · 125 pages
Warwick Prize 2020 · Shortlist
White Horse
Yan Ge
Novella
Yi Sang 2009 · Excellence prize
Spring Afternoon, Three Widows
Jeong Ji-a
Short story
Yi Sang 2004 · Excellence prize
He Gave Me Roses of the Balkans
Jung Mi-kyung
Short story
Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize
The Night Nobody Returns Home
Kim Soom
Short story
Yi Sang 2010 · Excellence prize
The Canning Factory
Pyun Hye-young
Short story
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Yi Sang 2009 · Excellence prize
And Then the Festival
Lee Hye-kyung
Short story
Brage 2009 · Shortlist
Voices from Chernobyl
Ingrid Storholmen
Short stories · 139 pages
Yi Sang 2006 · Winner
My Son's Girlfriend
Jung Mi-kyung
Short story · 319 pages
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Yi Sang 2008 · Excellence prize
A Most Ambiguous Sunday, and Other Stories
Jung Young-moon
Short story
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Aegon 2009 · Shortlist
Seiobo There Below
László Krasznahorkai
Short stories · 426 pages
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Nike 2007 · Shortlist
My First Suicide
Jerzy Pilch
Short stories · 298 pages
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Magnesia Litera 2006 · Winner
Rustic Baroque
Jiří Hájíček
Novella · 175 pages
Schweizer Buchpreis 2008 · Shortlist
We're Flying
Peter Stamm
Short stories · 174 pages
Sahitya Akademi 2010 · Winner
The Walls of Delhi
Uday Prakash
Novella
Jabuti 2009 · Shortlist
Orphans of Eldorado
Milton Hatoum
Novella · 112 pages
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Governor General's (French) 2009 · Finalist
Are You Married to a Psychopath?
Nadine Bismuth
Short stories · 225 pages
Strega 2006 · Shortlist
Fists
Pietro Grossi
Short stories · 188 pages
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Strega 2005 · Shortlist
For Grace Received
Valeria Parrella
Short stories · 105 pages
Icelandic Literary Prize 2006 · Winner
Valentines
Olaf Olafsson
Short stories · 288 pages
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Akutagawa 2003 (second half) · Winner
Snakes and Earrings
Hitomi Kanehara
Novella · 124 pages
Libris 2000 · Shortlist
Tonguecat
Peter Verhelst
Short stories · 341 pages
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