Best European Fiction 2014 (Best European Fiction Series, #5)

Year five of the Best European Fiction series brings another crop of cutting-edge short stories from across the continent. From Belarus to Wales! Translated from more than 25 languages and highlighting the future luminaries and revolutionaries of international literature. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing! Abstract: Year five of the Best European Fiction series brings another crop of cutting-edge short stories from across the continent. Read more... From Belarus to Wales! Translated from more than 25 languages and highlighting the future luminaries and revolutionaries of international literature. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing! [Belarus] VLADIMIR KOZLOV Politics [Belgium: French] THIERRY HORGUELIN The Man in the Yellow Parka [Bosnia and Herzegovina] ELVIS HADZIC The Curious Case of Benjamin Zec [Bulgaria] KATYA ATANASOVA Fear of Ankles [Croatia] OLJA SAVICEVIC IVANCEVIC Adios Cowboy [Estonia] EMIL TODE Interpretation [Finland] MOX MAKELA Night Shift [France] ERIC CHEVILLARD Hippopotamus [Georgia] GURAM DOCHANASHVILI A Fellow Traveler [Iceland] SKAR MAGNUSSON Dr. Amplatz [Latvia] INGA ZHOLUDE Dirty Laundry [Liechtenstein] JENS DITTMAR His Cryptologists [Lithuania] HERKUS KUNCIUS Belovezh [Macedonia] VLADA UROSEVIC The Seventh Side of the Dice [Moldova] IOAN MANASCURTA How I Was Going to Die on the Battlefield [Montenegro] LENA RUTH STEFANOVIC The New Testament [Norway] KJELL ASKILDSEN My Sisters Face [Poland] KRYSTIAN PIWOWARSKI Homo Polonicus [Portugal] RUI MANUEL AMARAL Almost Ten Stories [Russia] NINA GABRIELYAN Quiet Feasts [Slovakia] VLADIMR HAVRILLA The Teacher and the Parchment [Slovenia] VESNA LEMAIC The Pool [Spain: Castilian] SUSANA MEDINA Oestrogen [Spain: Galician] XURXO BORRAZAS Pena de Ancares [Switzerland: German] CHRISTOPH SIMON Fairy Tales from the World of Publishing [Ukraine] YURIY TARNAWSKY Dead Darling [United Kingdom: England] TOM MCCARTHY On Dodgem Jockeys [United Kingdom: Wales] ROBERT MINHINNICK Scavenger Content: Belarus. Politics / Vladimir Kozlov -- Belgium: French. The man in the yellow parka / Thierry Horguelin -- Bosnia and Herzegovina. The curious case of Benjamin Zec / Elvis Hadzic -- Bulgaria. Fear of ankles / Katya Atanasova -- Croatia. Adios cowboy / Olja Savičević Ivančević -- Estonia. Interpretation / Tõnu Õnnepalu -- Finland. Night shift / Mox Mäkelä -- France. Hippopotamus / Eric Chevillard -- Georgia. A fellow traveler / Guram Dochanashvili -- Iceland. Dr. Amplatz / Óskar Magnússon -- Latvia. Dirty laundry / Inga Zholude -- Liechtenstein. His cryptologists / Jens Dittmar -- Lithuania. Belovezh / Herkus Kunčius -- Macedonia. The seventh side of the dice / Vlada Urošević -- Moldova. How I was going to die on the battlefield / Ioan Mânǎscurtǎ -- Montenegro. The new testament / Lena Ruth Stefanović -- Norway. My sister's face / Kjell Askildsen -- Poland. Homo polonicus / Krystian Piwowarski -- Portugal. Almost ten stories / Rui Manuel Amaral -- Russia. Quiet feasts / Nina Gabrielyan -- Slovakia. The teacher and the parchment / Vladimír Havrilla -- Slovenia. The pool / Vesna Lemaić -- Spain: Castilian. Oestrogen / Susana Medina -- Spain: Galician. Pena de Ancares / Xurxo Borrazás -- Switzerland: German. Fairy tales from the world of publishing / Christoph Simon -- Ukraine. Dead darling / Yuriy Tarnawsky -- United Kingdom: England. On dodgem jockeys / Tom McCarthy -- United Kingdom: Wales. Scavenger / Robert Minhinnick. 2013 may be the best year yet for Best European Fiction. The inimitable John Banville joins the list of distinguished preface writers for Aleksandar Hemon's series, and A. S. Byatt represents England among a luminous cast of European contributors. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing! Annotation 2013 may be the best year yet for Best European Fiction. The inimitable John Banville joins the list of distinguished preface writers for Aleksandar Hemon's series, and A.S. Byatt represents England among a luminous cast of European contributors. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing! From Belarus to Wales! Translated from more than 25 languages and highlighting the future luminaries and revolutionaries of international literature. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing!