Teaching a course I'm calling "Around the world in 40 stories". I have most of the world covered, but I need more short stories from Asia (Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Afghan, etc.) I know a lot of novels from the area, but not enough short stories. Hit me with your favorites!
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Diao Dou's story 'Squatting' is genius. Also anything from Eka Kurniawan's collection Kitchen Curse
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Thank you. Are you able to pick a story from Kitchen Curse? I've only read Man Tiger, which I liked but didn't go crazy for.
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I particularly like 'Rotten Stench' for its formal play, dictatorship trauma and general grossness. Would be fun to teach
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