2019 short stories
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400 short stories: story 304
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One April Morning” author: Haruki Murakami year: between 1980 and 1991 where: kitchen table, Abu Dhabi note: I’m unsure about the capitalization of that title. What I like about this story is that many people might find themselves in the initial situation. And I like that it doesn’t…
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400 short stories: story 303
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Fruit of My Woman” author: Han Kang year: 1997 where: Post- mapo dofu; Abu Dhabi. note: “Han Kang wrote this story in 1997, and it is in many ways a direct precursor to her 2007 novel The Vegetarian – in both, a married couple in their early thirties find their hitherto uneventful lives turned upside down…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 