7 must-read short stories books like Intrusion and Other Stories [Feb 01, 1993] Deshpande, Shashi by Shashi Deshpande

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Intrusion and Other Stories [Feb 01, 1993] Deshpande, Shashi

By: Shashi Deshpande

3.79

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

A haunting new collection of short stories from one of India's most acclaimed writers Shashi Deshpa…

If you liked the short stories plot in Intrusion and Other Stories [Feb 01, 1993] Deshpande, Shashi by Shashi Deshpande , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Fish In A Dwindling Lake by Ambai, None, Ambai Lakshmi Holmstrom (Tr.), Lakshmi Holmstrom

1. Fish In A Dwindling Lake

By: Ambai , None , Ambai Lakshmi Holmstrom (Tr.) , Lakshmi Holmstrom

3.84

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

‘The body was the only truth she knew. It was the body alone that was left, even as she went beyond… read more

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  • short stories
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2. Tara: A play in two acts

By: Mahesh Dattani

3.94

Format: 61 pages, Hardcover

‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri Tara and Chandan have always been close. Th… read more

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3. The Lowland

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.87

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a … read more

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"Isolation offered its own form of companionship"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"The blood of too many, dissolving the very stain."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

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4. Mrs. Dalloway

By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard

3.79

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more

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"Life stand still here."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"To love makes one solitary."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What a lark! What a plunge!"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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5. The Namesake

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladiesestablished this young writer as one the most brilliant of h… read more

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6. The Rover

By: Aphra Behn , Simon Trussler

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of … read more

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7. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

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8. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

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"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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9. When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

By: Meena Kandasamy

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

Seduced by politics and poetry, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and … read more

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10. Laburnum For My Head

By: Temsula Ao

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Every May something extraordinary happens in the new cemetery of the sleepy little town's laburnum … read more

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  • short stories

11. An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

By: Thomas Gray

3.97

Format: 434 pages,

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12. The Purloined Letter

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Library Binding

The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his t… read more

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13. A Suitable Boy (A Suitable Boy, #1)

By: Vikram Seth

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are both t… read more

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14. The Rape of the Lock

By: Alexander Pope

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more

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15. Joothan: An Untouchable's Life

By: Omprakash Valmiki , Arun Prabha Mukherjee

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of… read more

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16. Home Fire

By: Kamila Shamsie

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's de… read more

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17. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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  • short stories
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

18. Disgrace

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more

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19. Joseph Andrews

By: Henry Fielding

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Joseph Andrews refuses Lady Booby's advances, she discharges him, and Joseph and his old tutor, Par… read more

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20. The Christmas Guest

By: Peter Swanson

3.63

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hal… read more

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  • short stories
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21. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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22. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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23. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

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  • short stories
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24. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

By: Janice Hallett

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more

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25. Christmas Presents

By: Lisa Unger

3.65

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Instead of presents this Christmas, one true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case…When true cr… read more

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26. A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is… read more

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"Takes all sorts to make a world. It's hard to generalize what's odd and what's not."

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

"Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conc…"

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

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27. Perfectly Nice Neighbors

By: Kia Abdullah

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A riveting and timely thriller, Perfectly Nice Neighbors asks the question: When your dream home co… read more

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28. The Grip of Change

By: P. Sivakami

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The Grip of Change is the English translation of Pazhaiyana Kazhithalum, the first full-length nove… read more

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29. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

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30. Intrusion and Other Stories [Feb 01, 1993] Deshpande, Shashi

By: Shashi Deshpande

3.79

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

A haunting new collection of short stories from one of India's most acclaimed writers Shashi Deshpa… read more

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  • short stories
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31. The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told

By: Manohar Shetty

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told features some of the best short fiction to emerge from the pens… read more

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13 best-selling short stories books like The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told by Manohar Shetty

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The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

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The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

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Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

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Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.91

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