Variations on the Body
By: Maria Ospina
3.85
Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition
A constellation of short stories illustrates the complex, interrelated lives of women in and around…
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1. Notes of a Crocodile
By: Qiu Miaojin , Bonnie Huie
3.83
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Set in the post-martial-law era of late 1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-ag… read more
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"Unhealthy love is two people stoking a shared fantasy of desperate beauty, weaponizing passion and desire."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Secretly though, I did sort of enjoy being a fucked-up mess. Apart from that, I didn't have a whole lot going on."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Like death, college serves as a kind of escape hatch. But while death takes you straight to the morgue, college is a single rope dangling loose from the inescapable net of society."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Sweeping that other me into their arms, they led me in a dance within societal norms, along a trajectory based on a delusion. (Though I couldn't define what I was, I knew what I wasn't.)"-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
2. Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
By: Lorrie Moore
3.83
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
In this moving, poignant novel by the bestselling author of Birds of America we share a grown woman… read more
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- womens
- short stories
- fiction
"What the fuck, babe."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"I feel his lack of love for me."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"They looked like frogs who’d been kissed and kissed roughly, yet stayed frogs."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"It reminded me of how children always thought too big; how the world tackled and chiseled them to keep them safe."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
3. Such Small Hands
By: Edmund White , Andrés Barba , Lisa Dillman
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that ca… read more
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- fiction
4. Bloodchild and Other Stories
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable B… read more
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5. Chicas muertas
By: Selva Almada
3.18
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
"Tres adolescentes de provincia asesinadas en los anos ochenta, tres muertes impunes ocurridas cuan… read more
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6. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
7. Eastbound
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.97
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more
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8. Pelea de gallos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.15
Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition
Pelea de gallos narra desde diferentes voces el hogar, ese espacio que construye –o destruye– a la… read more
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- womens
- short stories
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"There is nothing more perfect than Love. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
"No me gusta ser hombre. ¿No se puede ser otra cosa? No hay otro sitio en el que quisiera estar - ¿es el pasado un sitio? -, pero tampoco aqui."-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
"Volver, lo sabe todo el mundo, es imposible. Luego de los abrazos y las lágrimas viene el verdadero reencuentro, estar frente a frente a los mismos cuando nosotros ya somos otros, frente a ellos cuan…"-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
9. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
10. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
11. Whale Fall
By: Elizabeth O'Connor
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more
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12. Pink Slime
By: Fernanda Trías
3.68
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more
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- fiction
13. Panics
By: Barbara Molinard
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradic… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
14. Idlewild
By: James Frankie Thomas
4.14
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense… read more
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"What we mean to say, but what Ms Spider is not equipped to understand, is that Iago is gay in the way that all the best fictional murderers are gay. Norman Bates, Tom Ripely, The titular Third Man, a…"-James Frankie Thomas, Idlewild
15. Fish Soup
By: Margarita García Robayo
3.77
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
From internationally acclaimed author Margarita García Robayo comes Fish Soup, a unique collection … read more
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- 21st century
- short stories
- international
- fiction
16. Fiebre Tropical
By: Juliana Delgado Lopera
3.82
Format: None pages, ebook
Lit by the hormonal neon glow of Miami, this heady, multilingual debut novel follows a Colombian te… read more
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17. Trout, Belly Up
By: Rodrigo Fuentes
3.73
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
In this highly original collection of interconnected short stories, the Guatemalan countryside is e… read more
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- 21st century
- short stories
- international
- fiction
18. The Unworthy
By: Agustina Bazterrica
3.84
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling wor… read more
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19. Variations on the Body
By: Maria Ospina
3.85
Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition
A constellation of short stories illustrates the complex, interrelated lives of women in and around… read more
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- feminism
- short stories
- fiction
- 21st century
- womens
- international
20. Planes Flying over a Monster: Essays
By: Daniel Saldaña París
3.54
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From one of Mexico’s most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection explor… read more
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"Tengo, más bien, una biblioteca fantasma: el recuerdo de los libros que podrían pertenecerme si los hubiera conservado."-Daniel Saldaña París, Planes Flying over a Monster: Essays
21. Clean
By: Alia Trabucco Zerán
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sh… read more
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"Yo jamás me comí las uñas. Tampoco mi mamá. Para eso, me imagino, hay que tener las manos desocupadas."-Alia Trabucco Zerán, Clean
