Short Stories

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper book is a novella written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the late nineteenth century. The book's plot is based on the author's biography. More precisely, it's an introspection of the author, a description of her feelings during her post-partum depression.

Wake Up the Night by Kenneth Silver

The short stories in Wake Up the Night by Kenneth Silver are calm and thoughtful, yet they deal with heavy topics like human nature and its violent tendencies.

Forgotten Tales: Stories from the Kashmir Valley by Sana Altaf

Forgotten Tales is an engrossing debut collection of short stories that is set in the Kashmir Valley in India and explores what it means to be Kashmiri as well as what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after experiencing tragedy.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

My impressions of the book varied over the course of reading it. Of the four parts, I found the first part the least engaging and the central character rather bland. Especially the beginning, where too many characters were introduced, building of the backdrop simultaneously and establishing relationships between the characters, made it a little exhausting and confusing to read.

Bandilanka’s Forgotten Lives by Kamakshi Pappu Murti

These stories are rich with character, plot, and introspection, and they definitely leave you marvelling.Ā Each story captures the hunger of the human soul.Ā It is the magic of written words which unpacks the longings and frustrations of each character that makes each tale heart-searing.

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