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La boutique del mistero (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,474 ratings — published 1968
Cathedral (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.24 — 40,618 ratings — published 1983
Nine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.18 — 155,331 ratings — published 1953
Dubliners (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.83 — 178,642 ratings — published 1914
Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.40 — 80,251 ratings — published 1944
The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.04 — 111,485 ratings — published 1948
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.00 — 79,018 ratings — published 1981
The Aleph and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.32 — 49,915 ratings — published 1945
I racconti di Pietroburgo (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,532 ratings — published 1842
Sessanta racconti (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,396 ratings — published 1958
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,457,693 ratings — published 1915
Il bar sotto il mare (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,860 ratings — published 1987
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.02 — 23,236 ratings — published 2001
You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.61 — 12,529 ratings — published 2019
Il mare non bagna Napoli (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.57 — 3,239 ratings — published 1953
Girl with Curious Hair (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.85 — 15,191 ratings — published 1988
Different Seasons (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.36 — 222,629 ratings — published 1982
Difficult Loves (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,304 ratings — published 1958
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,287 ratings — published 1962
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,673 ratings — published 1976
Racconti del terrore (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,254 ratings — published 1845
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory (ebook)
by (shelved 56 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.98 — 49,665 ratings — published 2019
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 52 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.25 — 127,159 ratings — published 2002
Cosmicomics (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,139 ratings — published 1965
The Periodic Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.14 — 19,646 ratings — published 1975
The Short Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,594 ratings — published 1938
Things We Lost in the Fire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.03 — 64,557 ratings — published 2016
Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.10 — 98,486 ratings — published 1972
Cuentos de Chejóv (Spanish Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,958 ratings — published
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.47 — 39,056 ratings — published 2009
The Heaven of Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,153 ratings — published 2010
Marcovaldo (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.83 — 17,147 ratings — published 1963
Sofia si veste sempre di nero (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.48 — 4,803 ratings — published 2012
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.80 — 107,127 ratings — published 2017
After the Quake (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.77 — 59,200 ratings — published 2000
Bestiario (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.19 — 24,746 ratings — published 1951
Tales of Ordinary Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.84 — 30,997 ratings — published 1983
Felici i felici (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.57 — 8,002 ratings — published 2013
Beginners (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,892 ratings — published 2009
Favole al telefono (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,725 ratings — published
Bartleby the Scrivener (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.93 — 76,581 ratings — published 1853
The Missing Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.53 — 5,295 ratings — published 2018
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as racconti)
avg rating 4.05 — 248,321 ratings — published 1985
Casa d'altri e altri racconti (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.86 — 681 ratings — published 1980
First Love and Other Sorrows: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.80 — 892 ratings — published 1954
Winesburg, Ohio (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.84 — 37,200 ratings — published 1919
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.86 — 271,136 ratings — published 2008
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,995 ratings — published 1999
The Elephant Vanishes (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as racconti)
avg rating 3.82 — 58,702 ratings — published 1993
“Fin da quando avevo imparato a leggere, mi avevano sempre infastidito le storie che contenevano un insegnamento morale, un tentativo educativo o comunque un secondo significato celato dietro avvincenti prolusioni o sotto le mentite spoglie di una fiaba. Avevo sempre avuto l'impressione che questo uso improprio della parola mirasse a ingannarmi, e d'istinto smettevo di leggere o di ascoltare non appena cominciavo a sospettare che la narrazione avesse lo scopo d'instillarmi una saggezza che qualcun altro riteneva importante, una virtù che a qualcun altro sembrava bella - invece di raccontarmi una storia, dato che le storie sono la cosa più splendida che si possa raccontare.”
― Sette maghi
― Sette maghi
“Cominciò a dire “Chi?...Che cosa?”, ma la risposta fu un rantolo prolungato, seguito da una serie di conati, mentre il corpo che teneva tra le braccia tremava in modo incontrollabile. Piano piano cominciò a notare il soprabito sporco di un colore indefinibile, i piedi nudi, i capelli raggrumati in configurazioni improbabili.
Allora, con estremo sforzo, con le due mani a metà tra le guance ed il collo provò a sollevare lentamente il viso di questo corpo. Vide due immensi occhi gialli, persi nel nulla, secchi, la pupilla nera dilatata all'impossibile. Le guance scavate con le ossa del cranio che premevano sulla pelle rinsecchita dove le rughe si diramavano dagli occhi e dalle labbra come le crepe di un deserto.
E ancora disse e continuò a ripetere: “Chi sei? Cosa vuoi? Perché?” Ma infine la risposta che non voleva accettare si fece strada nel caos. No, non era possibile. No, non era un mostro venuto dallo spazio, né l'incubo di qualcun altro, ma semplicemente era suo figlio.”
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Allora, con estremo sforzo, con le due mani a metà tra le guance ed il collo provò a sollevare lentamente il viso di questo corpo. Vide due immensi occhi gialli, persi nel nulla, secchi, la pupilla nera dilatata all'impossibile. Le guance scavate con le ossa del cranio che premevano sulla pelle rinsecchita dove le rughe si diramavano dagli occhi e dalle labbra come le crepe di un deserto.
E ancora disse e continuò a ripetere: “Chi sei? Cosa vuoi? Perché?” Ma infine la risposta che non voleva accettare si fece strada nel caos. No, non era possibile. No, non era un mostro venuto dallo spazio, né l'incubo di qualcun altro, ma semplicemente era suo figlio.”
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