Recommend a short fiction book

Question

I realized I can rarely finish long fiction books, so I started reading only those with less than 200 pages and it's been working great for me. So far I've read:- The old man and the sea (E. Hemingway) - The stranger (A. Camus) - Siddhartha (H. Hesse)Any recommendations?

pmdulaney · Accepted Answer

A Month in the Country. A WW I vet takes a job in a small English village restoring an old mural in a church -- it has been covered with paint for 400 years. The mural itself plays a role in the story, but it's mostly about the vet meeting and getting to feel at home among the locals.

bloak · Answer

It sounds like you need a fourth language there, perhaps something from Russian, Italian or Spanish literature. Unfortunately, everything I think of has too many pages.

artie_effim · Answer

Short stories by Haruki Murakami - The Elephant VanishesWaiting for Godot (play) - BeckettNeuromancer - Gibson

pinewurst · Answer

The Pat Hobby Stories - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Recommend a short fiction book

I realized I can rarely finish long fiction books, so I started reading only those with less than 200 pages and it's been working great for me. So far I've read:
- The old man and the sea (E. Hemingway) - The stranger (A. Camus) - Siddhartha (H. Hesse)
Any recommendations?

A Month in the Country. A WW I vet takes a job in a small English village restoring an old mural in a church -- it has been covered with paint for 400 years. The mural itself plays a role in the story, but it's mostly about the vet meeting and getting to feel at home among the locals.

It sounds like you need a fourth language there, perhaps something from Russian, Italian or Spanish literature. Unfortunately, everything I think of has too many pages.

Short stories by Haruki Murakami - The Elephant Vanishes
Waiting for Godot (play) - Beckett
Neuromancer - Gibson

The Pat Hobby Stories - F. Scott Fitzgerald