‘The Supper’ is a dark haunting realistic short story penned by author Tadeusz Borowski. Borowski was a Polish writer who wrote primarily on themes of the German and Russian concentration camps. Borowski was a person highly affected and tormented by his past. His parents were incarcerated in Russian Labor Camps. Borowski lived a harried life in the Warsaw Underground during the … [Read more...] about ‘The Supper’ by Tadeusz Borowski: Short Story Analysis
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‘Three Million Yen’ by Yukio Mishima: Short Story Analysis
‘Three Million Yen’ is an erotic symbolic story by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima published in 1960. The story is a subtly erotic story about a young couple posing to be innocent characters where marriage and sex were concerned but earning their money through kinky sex games. Mishima was famous for highlighting sexual ardor in his literature. This story titled ‘Three Million … [Read more...] about ‘Three Million Yen’ by Yukio Mishima: Short Story Analysis
‘The Insult’ or ‘Hatak’ by Saadat Hasan Manto: Short Story Analysis
‘The Insult’ or ‘Hatak’ is a realistic feminist short story written by one of India's greatest short-story writers, Saadat Hasan Manto. ‘Hatak’ or ‘The Insult’ is a story about the life of a prostitute during the last phase of India’s struggle for Independence and in the first decade of Independent India. We know this because Ram Lal, the pimp of the main protagonist Saugandhi, … [Read more...] about ‘The Insult’ or ‘Hatak’ by Saadat Hasan Manto: Short Story Analysis
‘The Blood of the Lamb’ by Bernice Rubens: Short Story Analysis
‘The Blood of the Lamb’ is a humorous short story penned by Booker Prize-Winning Welsh author Bernice Rubens. Bernice Rubens was the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. In this comic short story, the narrator, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, narrates how her friend Rose inherits a lot of wealth and expensive linen and silverware from her otherwise irritating mother. The … [Read more...] about ‘The Blood of the Lamb’ by Bernice Rubens: Short Story Analysis
‘The End of the World’ by Dino Buzzati: Short Story Analysis
‘The End of the World’ is a nihilistic story of the fantastic penned by twentieth-century bestselling Italian author Dion Buzzati. Buzzati usually wrote haunting stories of the fantastic and arabesque, which were nihilistic, simple, and to the point. This short story titled ‘The End of the World’ is also haunting and nihilistic but moralistic. A reader would typically compare … [Read more...] about ‘The End of the World’ by Dino Buzzati: Short Story Analysis