Short books, those "which pretend to little, but abound in much" as Herman Melville says, can pack a literary wallop. I made a video talking about some of my favourite little book gems and you can find it on Shawn the Book Maniac's booktube channel: Lindy Does the Short and Sweet Book Tag.
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Here's my short list of the short books:
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches by Gaetan Soucy, translated by Sheila Fischman
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys
Home by Toni Morrison
Bear by Marian Engel
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
Weight by Jeanette Winterson
God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya
I also talked about:
The 2021 Short Story Advent Calendar, edited by Alberto Manguel (which you can find in Edmonton at either Audreys Books or Glass Bookshop, or from anywhere via this link:
https://www.hingstonandolsen.com/store/the-2021-short-story-advent-calendar
And Also Sharks by Jessica Westhead
Manikanetish by Naomi Fontaine, translated by Luise Von Flotow
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