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This bookblog, A Common Reader, tends to specialise in European literature in translation, but even I had never read anything before from the lesser known countries like Slovenia, Serbia and Albania. And the effect of reading these 35 or so stories was to make me want more from quite a number of these previously unknown authors. The quality of the writing is high throughout the book and the range of topics is vast. There are very few stories in the book which don't surprise in one way or another.

The editor Aleksandar Hemon reminds us in his introduction that there is no better way to monitor the rapid development in European literatures than the short story. "The short story still has the flavour of a report from the front lines of history and existence".

Finally, I'd just like to comment on the quality of the translations. Obviously I can't comment on their fidelity to the original (couple of dozen?) languages, but they certainly read completely naturally with none of that "clunkiness" which can so easily creep in. I am pleased that the book lists all the translators at the back with a short biography of each. They deserve as much.

Really, I can't recommend this volume enough.

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