[Wales] Wayne Price. [Austria] from Everyone's the same inside / Teresa Präauer -- [Belgium: French] Two writers / Stéphane Lambert -- [Bulgaria] from A as in anything / Iana Boukova -- [Croatia] from Last night / Sven Popovic -- [Czech Republic] Lion cubs / Jiří Hájíček -- [Denmark] Postcard to Annie / Ida Jessen -- [Finland] from Destruction of the liquor store in Nuorgam / Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen -- [France] from Stand-by-the-hour / Gauz -- [Germany] Chafer / Ann Cotton -- [Greece] Untrodden / Elena Penga -- [Hungary] Confectionery 1952 / Zsuzsa Selyem -- [Republic of Ireland: Irish] Duran / Daithí Ó Muirí -- [Italy] from Hunger of women / Marosia Castaldi -- [Latvia] from Taste of lead / Māris Bērzin̦š -- [Liechtenstein] Moondust / Jonathan Huston -- [Lithuania] Opium / Undinė Radzevičiūtė -- [Macedonia] Beba / Snežana Mladenovska Angjelkov -- [Netherlands] Comfort of sorts / Philip Huff -- [Norway] Surrounded / Mikkel Bugge -- [Poland] from Not as in paradise / Agnieszka Taborska -- [Portugal] Commander's endless night / David Machado -- [Romania] Haritina / Ruxandra Cesereanu -- [Russia] Bad town / Liza Alexandrova-Zorina -- [Serbia] from Molecules / Ivan Tokin -- [Slovenia] Think of me in the good times / Maja Gal Štromar -- [Spain: Basque] Two stories / Karmele Jaio -- [Spain: Castillian] Don't ask for Gagarin / Carlos Robles Lucena -- [Switzerland: Italian] Death by laughter / Giovanni Orelli -- [Wales] Everyone's the same inside / Wayne Price.
Summary:
This anthology is the essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. In this, the eighth installment of the series, the anthology continues its commitment to uncovering the best prose writing happening across the continent from Ireland to Eastern Europe. Also featuring an erudite prefatory essay written by Eileen Battersby of the Irish Times , Best European Fiction 2017 is another essential report on the state of global literature in the twenty-first century.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.