Paul Theroux for the Weekend

I love Paul Theroux´s writings. Fact or fiction, I find him highly entertaining. My suggestion for the weekend is this story, The Lower River, published by The New Yorker.

You can also read Mr. Theroux´s controversial article on celebrities helping Africa.

Or watch a short video with Mr. Theroux talking about writing.

Rana Dasgupta

One of the things I like about reading is that it gives me an opportunity to dive into a totally new world. This is what I felt when I read Rana Dasgupta´s story The Flyover. His prose strikes me as fluent, cosmopolitan and unforgettable. One of those stories that remains with you long after you finished reading it.

Mr. Dasgupta´s website is very creative and worth visiting.

Also, you can read an article on The Guardian about Rana Dasgupta´s first novel, Tokyo Cancelled.

Hemingway: A Very Short Story

Hemingway´s stories are all about saying the maximum with the minimum. Also, his tales have a haunting quality about them. I still think about the first text by Hemingway I read : The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Here is "A very Short Story", by Ernest Hemingway.

And here is a video about Hemingway´s life.

Short stories for EFL learners

Reading short stories in a language we are learning is a great way to enlarge our vocabulary. If you are learning English the number of stories available on the net is enormous.

Please, take a look at this link. Or this one for more advanced readers.

Lorrie Moore

I just love reading The New Yorker. Its Poetry and Fiction column gives me the opportunity of discovering new (to me!) short story writers. This is what happened when I came across this story by Lorrie Moore, "Childcare".

Nadine Gordimer

As today is Nelson Mandela´s birthday, here is the great Nadine Gordimer reading one of her short stories: 'The Loot', from the book "The Loot and Other Stories".

Writers on Writing

As a reader, I always find fascinating to know more about writers and their writing process. It seems I´m not alone on this one. The New York Times has published a series on the topic.

And talking about writers, the Guardian has a series called Writers´room, also very interesting.