Flash Fiction International Very Short Stories from Around the World [Paperback]

What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is aFlash fictionshort, short stories only several hundred words in lengthis celebrated as an international phenomenon in this exceptional anthology. . . . Natasza Goerke, in Stories, may as well be describing this entire collection when she writes, The stories are short, but concise. . . . The final sentence is contained in the first.These sometimes brilliant, often cunning, always intriguing very short stories fit the moment, the Internet, the world we live in now. A stunning flock of lovely and compelling pieces by wonderful writers from all over the world&its a remarkable and remarkably readable collection.One of the most striking things this collection shows is how flash fiction can allow what has been suppressed to find a voice&to introduce readers to voices they may never have heard, and show that this penetrating form has found a niche nearly everywhere.Like the most diligent of cultural anthropologists, the editors ofThese bursts of illumination, some less than a page longevoking shock, wonder, laughter, all with a tantalizing sense of completionestablish flash fiction on a global scale. An incomparable set of stories, this book is a new landmark anthology for the very short story form.It takes a big map of the world, a pushpin stuck in place for each short short story, to appreciate the dazzling scope ofIn our demanding world, practical time for reading is limited, not so the time for imagining. If you care to read along, you may do so at random, responding to serendipityalways rewardingor you may flow with these anthologists brilliant organization, which offers you a kaleidoscopic universe in evolution, revealing both the visible and the invisible, the macro hidden in the micro.A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world.