Koniec detstva
Original Slovak text of Michal Hvorecký’s ‘The End of Childhood’.
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Roseland
“We swung and clung to each other and when the dance floor was cleared to make room for the contest, we were relieved and completely exhausted and drained of the tension that had plagued us for the last day and a half.” Story of the Week (October 30), by Arthur Davis.
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Homecoming
“When his mother had questioned his failing grades, he had brushed her off. She had outlined a plan for him after his high school graduation. He had dreamt of being a writer.” Story of the Week (October 23), by Adrianna Sampedro.
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Wonderpig
“The mad pace of buyers suggested a looting. They loaded up on chops, thighs, knuckles, kept piling it into their carts.” Story of the Week (October 16), by John Gorman.
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The Bruners
“In 1919, Klaus Bruner was born in a blue-collar area of Berlin.” Story of the Week (October 9), by Cathy Rosoff.
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The Silence
“She screamed as though trying to reach someone who wasn’t there, to rouse someone from sleep, to rattle a cold, indifferent conscience…” Story of the Week (October 2), by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Translated from Portuguese by the City University Literary Translation Summer School.
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Assassination
“They will carry out the assassination. The bomb will be placed correctly this time. Heidi will do it herself if they let her.” Story of the Week (September 25), by Maja Elverkilde. Translated from Danish by Peter Woltemade.
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Attentat
Original Danish text of Maja Elverkilde’s ‘Assassination’.
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In the Footsteps of the Prince
“The Glasgow groups were always the hardest work. You couldn’t tell them anything. They thought they knew everything.” Story of the Week (September 18), by David McVey.
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Let Me Go
“All of a sudden the machines start going mad. I see his large frame shaking uncontrollably and I shout for the nurse.” Story of the Week (September 11), by Nadia Kabir Barb.
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