Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World

by Ricardo Sumalavia, Stuart Dybek, Kuzhali Manickavel, et al.

What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report on volcanic fireflies that proliferate in nightclubs. Flash has always--and everywhere--been a form of experiment, of possibility. A new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393346072
• ISBN13: 9780393346077
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.9"