The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

Author:   Rabih Alameddine ,  John Freeman
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780593834138


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Format:   Hardback
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The Penguin Book of the International Short Story


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Author:   Rabih Alameddine ,  John Freeman
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin USA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.661kg
ISBN:  

9780593834138


ISBN 10:   0593834135
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction, from Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman Superfrog Saves Tokyo, by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin The Illumination of Santiago, by Nona Fernández, translated by Idra Novey Apples, by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson My Sad Dead, by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell War of the Clowns, by Mia Couto, translated by Eric M.B Becker One Minus One, by Colm Tóibín The Flower Garden, by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Hitomi Yoshio Night Women, by Edwidge Danticat The July War, by Rabih Alameddine Cattle Praise Song, by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Melanie Mauthner Garments, by Tahmima Anam Rotten Stench, by Eva Kurniawan, translated by Annie Tucker Amira, Who Knows, by Rawaa Sonbol, translated by Katharine Halls Petite Mort, by Zanta Nkumane Girl, by Jamaica Kincaid The Fruit of My Woman, by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith Vertical Motion, by Can Xue, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town, by Zoë Wicomb Squatting, by Diao Duo, translated by Brendan O’Kane Sparks, by Carol Bensimon, translated by Beth Fowler Exhalation, by Ted Chiang The Ugliest Woman in the World, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones The Good Denis, by Marie Ndiaye, translated by Jordan Stump Frogs, by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt On the Occasion of Our Fourth Divorce Anniversary, by Lana Bastašić Loba Lamar’s Last Kiss, by Pedro Lemebel, translated by Gwendolyn Harper The Free Radio, by Salman Rushdie The Wounded Man, by Abdellah Taïa, translated by Frank Stock Forty-Eight Steps, by Paxima Mojavezi, translated by Sara Khalili Magnificat, by Linnea Axelsson, translated by Saskia Vogel A Bright and Ambitious Good-Hearted Leftist, by Adania Shibli, translated by Christopher Stone Islands by Aleksandar Hemon Offside, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker An Unlucky Man, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

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Rabih Alameddine has written nine books that have been translated into more than twenty languages. His most recent awards include the 2019 Dos Passos Prize, the 2021 Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He divides his time between his bedroom and his living room. John Freeman is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story and California Rewritten.

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