Books like Short stories by Stefan Zweig

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is a 14th‑century collection of 100 Italian tales told by ten young people who flee the plague‑ravaged Florence to a villa in Fiesole, each day presenting stories framed by a rule and a closing canzone.

A curated anthology of 49 Ernest Hemingway short stories that captures the intensity of his life, from American society and wartime drama to adventure and social customs, spanning his modernist legacy.

All of Jorge Luis Borges's short fiction, translated into English and gathered for the first time in one volume.

A collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short stories, featuring Jewish life, humor, and moral reflection.

A curated selection of Stefan Zweig’s short stories, portraying the extremes of human nature with keen observation and empathy.

284 p. 17 cm. Contents: Lenz / Georg Buchner -- Brigitta / Adalbert Stifter -- Earthquake in Chile / Heinrich von Kleist -- Little legend of the dance / Gottfried Keller -- Tale of the Cavalry / Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Autopsy / George Heym -- Gym period / Rainer Maria Rilke -- "Gladius Dei" / Thomas Mann -- In the penal colony / Franz Kafka -- Village tale / Robert Walser -- Conquest / Gottfried Benn -- Living authors / Stephen Spender -- Bound man / Ilse Aichinger -- Man with the knives / Heinrich Boll -- New apartment / Heinz Huber -- Meeting in the hallway / Hans Erich Nossack -- Game of murder / Gerd Gaiser -- World ends / Wolfgang Hildesheimer -- Series Title: Laurel editions, LC148 Responsibility: Edited and introduced by Stephen Spender. Abstract: Seventeen representative stories by 19th- and 20th- century authors, with an introduction by the editor. [New York, Dell Pub. Co., 1960]

A hard‑pressed teen from a working‑class background in a borstal discovers long‑distance running as an escape, only to use his talent to confront the system that seeks to profane his dignity.

xxiii, 936 pages : 23 cm