If you liked the short stories plot in In These Islands by Shirley Hazzard , here is a list of 12 books like this:
1. Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.12
Format: 466 pages, Paperback
'Nothing That Meets the Eye' confirms Patricia Highsmith as a great American writer. If only Pat… read more
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- short stories
"Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart."-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
"Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he?"-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
"Outside, under the marquee of the hotel, he stood a moment as he did each night beneath the marquee of the Hotel Hyperion, while he decided what direction to take, what to do. And suddenly, realizing…"-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
2. The Frog Prince
By: Robert Coover , Melinda Beck
4.25
Format: 159 pages, ebook
At first, it was great. Sure. It always is. She cuddled a frog, wishing for more, and--presto! A ha… read more
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- short stories
3. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit.… read more
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4. Le Réfectoire un soir et une piscine sous la pluie
By: Yōko Ogawa , None
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Quelque temps avant son mariage, une jeune femme rencontre un enfant et son pere, qu'elle retrouve … read more
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5. The Year of Magical Thinking
By: Joan Didion
4.44
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her min… read more
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Similar categories in Grace Paley's Friends book and Shirley Hazzard's In These Islands
- short stories
7. Grand Union
By: Zadie Smith
3.26
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of short fiction, more than half of which have never been published before, f… read more
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- short stories
"See what you've done there is you've transformed an act of the perpetrator into another person's being. I said, You don't say to a witch: the reason they're dunking you is because you're a witch. You…"-Zadie Smith, Grand Union
8. My Father Addresses Me on the Facts of Old Age
By: Grace Paley
4.00
Format: None pages, None
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- short stories
9. The Masculine Principle
By: Frank O'Connor
3.30
Format: None pages, None
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- short stories
Similar categories in Thom Jones's The Black Lights book and Shirley Hazzard's In These Islands
- short stories
11. In These Islands
By: Shirley Hazzard
3.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- short stories
12. Extra
By: Yiyun Li
3.84
Format: None pages, None
A short story from A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, about Granny Lin, a fifty-one year old Chines… read more
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- short stories
Similar categories in Wells Tower's Leopard book and Shirley Hazzard's In These Islands
- short stories
14. Naked Ladies
By: Antonya Nelson
3.89
Format: None pages, podcast
Laura Laughlin, 17, and her family attended the annual Easter frolic of the Houses, the family her … read more
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- short stories
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- short stories
