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Category: Short Stories
2021 NZ Book Awards
Posted on May 25, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
Suzy: “All four books seemed completely deserving of their place on the shortlist. While I would have thought the judges may have leaned more towards Nothing to See I am not mad at all about Bug Week winning. There are flashes from the various Bug Week stories that still sit… Continue Reading “2021 NZ Book Awards”
Category: Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, NZ Book Awards, Short StoriesTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kiwi lit, Literature, Must Read Books, NZ Book Awards, NZ Fiction
Bug Week And Other Stories – Airini Beautrais
Posted on May 15, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
Read for NZ Book Awards From 1960s Wellington to post-Communist Germany, Bug Week is a collection of short stories that traverses the weird, the wry and the grotesque fragments of people’s lives. There are bug collectors, necrophiliacs, an albatross at an open mic night,… Continue Reading “Bug Week And Other Stories – Airini Beautrais”
Category: Kiwi lit, Short StoriesTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kiwi lit, Literature, Must Read Books, NZ Book Awards, NZ Ficton, Short Stories
The Nine-Chambered Heart – Janice Pariat
Posted on September 22, 2018 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sonya Nine characters recall their relationship with a young woman – the same woman – whom they have loved, or who has loved them. ➽ “The Nine Chambered Heart was my book, and I’m glad for the choice. The… Continue Reading “The Nine-Chambered Heart – Janice Pariat”
Category: Contemporary fiction, Short Stories
East Of The West – Miroslav Penkov
Posted on August 7, 2017 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks ◉ “I was initially put off reading this book as I don’t particularly like short stories – they usually seem to be too short and I am often left wanting more. However this collection has me converted –… Continue Reading “East Of The West – Miroslav Penkov”
Category: Cultural, Short Stories
The Name On The Door Is Not Mine – C K Stead
Posted on April 30, 2017 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS A collection of short stories from literary giant CK Stead. The collection includes new, previously unpublished stories as well as older stories that have been reworked. Set in locations from the South of France, Zagreb, Oxford and back to… Continue Reading “The Name On The Door Is Not Mine – C K Stead”
Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
Posted on March 30, 2017 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks Marco Polo describes the cities he visited on his expeditions to Kublai Khan, emperor of the Tartars. ◉ “A small strange little book that needs to be read slowly as if you have all the time in the world. Calvino packs… Continue Reading “Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino”
Category: Cultural, Fantasy, Literary fiction, Short Stories, TranslatedTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino, Literature, Must Read Books, Translated
All That Man Is – David Szalay
Posted on October 15, 2016 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Nine men, each at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, try to understand what it means to be alive. A examination of the male experience from the spring of youth to the winter of old age.… Continue Reading “All That Man Is – David Szalay”
In A German Pension – Katherine Mansfield
Posted on February 22, 2011 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel A young woman observes the absurd and grotesque while staying in a German pension. ✔ “In A German Pension was Mansfield’s first short story collection, written when she was 22. The stories are semi-autobiographical because Mansfield herself was… Continue Reading “In A German Pension – Katherine Mansfield”
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