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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorMalgudi Days
R.K. Narayan · 250 pages
Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.” Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human exper
Selected Short Stories
Rabindranath Tagore · 322 pages
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri · 352 pages
These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. Here they enter the worlds of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. Rich with the signature gifts that have established Jhumpa Lahiri as one of our most essential writers,
Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai · 183 pages
Set in India's Old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai's tender, warm, and compassionate novel about family scars, the ability to forgive and forget, and the trials and tribulations of familial love. At the novel's heart are the moving relationships between the members of the Das family, who have grown apart from each other. Bimla is a dissatisfied but ambitious teacher at a women's college w
Pather panchali: Song of the road
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay · 316 pages
A River Sutra
Gita Mehta · 288 pages
A sequence of delicate, tragic stories by the bestselling author of Raj evokes the profound presence of tradition and desire. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual charac
A Model World and Other Stories
Michael Chabon · 207 pages
A collection of short stories includes "A Model World", "Millionaires", and a series of tales about a young boy experiencing the pain of his parents' imminent divorce.
Arranged Marriage: Stories
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 320 pages
A Winter Book
Tove Jansson · 208 pages
Following the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Summer Book, here is A Winter Book collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the twentieth century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's prose, scattered with insights and home truths. It has been selected and
Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga · 284 pages
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Dylan Thomas · 160 pages
A series of autobiographical sketches show Thomas' great humor, exuberance and verbal magic.
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
John Updike · 288 pages
"These stories 'are filled with gentle humor and irony. Youth, marriage, and family life provide most of the themes." Cincinnati Public Libr.
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor
Truman Capote · 45 pages
*A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.* Seven-year-old Buddy knows that the Christmas season has arrived when his cousin, Miss Sook Falk exclaims: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd, but enduring, friendship between two innocent souls—one young and one ol
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Marina Keegan · 248 pages
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Bruno Schulz · 178 pages
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Norman Maclean · 234 pages
Collection of three Western stories, featuring the title piece about the relationship between a father and his two sons, bound together by love and fly fishing.
The News from Dublin: Stories
Colm Tóibín · 304 pages
A Tidewater Morning
William Styron · 160 pages
Machineries of Joy
Ray Bradbury · 239 pages
"The Machineries of Joy" is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, known for his distinctive blend of science fiction and fantasy. The book features a diverse range of tales, from the whimsical to the haunting, all infused with Bradbury's characteristic poetic prose. The stories explore themes such as the impact of technology on humanity, the passage of time, and the power of imagination.