The Summer of Short Stories is coming to a close. This week is Free Choice, so read any short story you want. Which one did you choose? Why did you choose it?
Category: Summer of Short Stories 2017
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: August 7: “Final absurdo” by Laura Freixas
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: July 17 “La Indiferencia de Eva” by Soledad Puértolas
Thursday nearly slipped by me! This is our second makeup, “La Indiferencia de Eva” by Soledad Puértolas, a Spanish author. The story is from her collection, Una enfermedad moral.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: July 31 “Las Amigas” by Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes’ work usually centers on Mexican history and identity. He was a literature professor and a diplomat. Here’s a biography.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: July 10 “Tres documentos sobre la locura de J.L.B” by José María Merino
Don’t adjust your calendars 🙂 This is one of two Thursday make-ups.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: July 24 “Walimai” by Isabel Allende
This story is part of a collection, Stories of Eva Luna. Here’s Isabel Allende’s biography, in her own words. And her website.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: July 3-8 “En Busca de un Retrato” by Paloma Díaz-Mas
I couldn’t find any background material on the internet. My Google-fu was on the fritz.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: June 26-July 1 “Otra vez Bach” by Gloria Guardia
Well, last week’s “story” wasn’t much of a story now, was it? Let’s hope that this week is a slightly more traditional narrative.
Book Club Summer of Short Stories: June 19-24 “Fragmentos del libro invisible” by Silvia Ocampo
Let the discussion begin!
Book Club-Summer of Short Stories: Schedule
The Books:
Great Spanish and Latin American Short Stories of the 20th Century