Category Archives: Short Stories

True North- Selected Stories by Sara Maitland

Posted on April 28, 2024 by mandywight

I’ve been a great fan of Sara Maitland’s writing over the years, so was thrilled to discover that Manchester’s Comma Press have just published True North, a selection of  short stories written over her impressive 40 year career. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin translated by Megan McDowell

Posted on January 30, 2023 by mandywight

Seven Empty Houses, published in 2022, is a collection of seven short stories, written at an early stage in the writer’s career. Some of the themes foreshadow her later work, already translated into English- Fever Dream, A Mouthful of Birds, … Continue reading →

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The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists 2- Granta-edited by Valerie Miles.

Posted on March 14, 2022 by mandywight

When I heard Valerie Miles talking with Elizabeth Day on BBC Radio 4 Open Book about the new Granta collection I was intrigued and excited—there’s nothing I love more than a carefully curated anthology as a way of discovering new … Continue reading →

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Peak reads of 2021!

Posted on January 5, 2022 by mandywight

So better late than never, here are my top 10 reads of 2021 and it’s no surprise to anyone to see that my faible is for translated fiction: 6 of the 10 are translated fiction, and 5 are published by … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez translated by Megan McDowell

Posted on April 21, 2021 by mandywight

One of the great pleasures of reading fiction in translation is that we’re forced to leave our comfort zone to discover worlds and cultures different from our own. This book definitely ejected me from my comfort zone, partly of course … Continue reading →

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To be a Man- Nicole Krauss

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mandywight

Readers may have strong feelings one way or another right now about a short story collection entitled To be a Man. But rest assured, these stories are not just about men and masculinity, but rather explore a range of relationships: … Continue reading →

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Protest- Stories of Resistance edited by Ra Page, Comma Press

Posted on February 22, 2021 by mandywight

I came across this collection of short stories and essays via a couple of fantastic online events put on by the publishers, Manchester based indie Comma Press, together with Housmans, the radical London bookshop. What fab events they were: Christopher … Continue reading →

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The Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on July 14, 2014 by mandywight

  Three of the stories in this collection are set in India and the other six in the United States; though the latter deal with the subject of cultural difference and integration, all of them depict loneliness and isolation, both … Continue reading →

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Jhumpa Lahiri- Unaccustomed Earth (2008)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by mandywight

Jhumpa Lahiri- Unaccustomed Earth (2008) This is a superb collection of beautifully crafted short stories about the Indian, predominantly Bengali, community in the United States. The social milieu is professional or academic and the stories often depict generational differences within … Continue reading →

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