Encyclopedia of Short Stories

"The Encyclopedia of Short Stories" is a single global journey through dozens of timeless tales from America, Africa, Europe, Russia, Japan, and Egypt. It is a vast anthology that juxtaposes Hemingway, Mishima, Akutagawa, Jerome K. Jerome, and Aesop with contemporary African and Arab selections. It combines death and life on the fringes of "Kilimanjaro," the delicacy of Japanese "lemon," the tumul...