IV INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION Part one: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: “There was one, there will not be another and nobody will miss her.” Cain, José Saramago. Submitted by Sandra Monteverde. ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: “Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.” Their Eyes Were Watching God,
ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 1. “Cain turns life around in his head.” Cain, José Saramago. 2. “The problem with the unicorn is that no female is known.” Cain, José Saramago. 3. “In the midst of this aquatic convulsion ready to swallow everything.” Cain, José Saramago. 4. “There was one, there will not be another and
IV INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION Part one: “A good beginning” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 62. “The gentlemen of the jury retired to deliberate.” The Evil Queen, Wilkie Collins. 63. “I have just visited the owner of my house, the only neighbor I will ever have to endure.” Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë. 64. “One day,
IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 47. “I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps of misanthropy, and perhaps of madness” Story The house of Asterion by El Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges. 48. “For some strange reason I had made the
We are once again looking for a good start (in Spanish and English) for the Library's Short Story Contest (fourth edition) and once again we award a batch of books from one of our favorite publishers (Siruela). Participating is easy: 1. Think of a book that you liked a lot. 2. Look for a suggestive phrase and
IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 44. “Things could have happened in any other way, and yet they happened that way.” The way, Miguel Delibes. 45. “In the workshop of the soul, desires mature, tenderness grows, fresh and lush, imitating your shadow, inventing
We are once again looking for a good start (in Spanish and English) for the Library's Short Story Contest (fourth edition) and once again we award a batch of books from one of our favorite publishers (Siruela). Participating is easy: 1. Think of a book that you liked a lot. 2. Look for a suggestive phrase and
We are once again looking for a good start (in Spanish and English) for the Library's Short Story Contest (fourth edition) and once again we award a batch of books from one of our favorite publishers (Siruela). Participating is easy: 1. Think of a book that you liked a lot. 2. Look for a suggestive phrase and
IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 24. That year the oranges were more abundant than usual. The Alexandria Quartet – Clea, Lawrence Durrell. 26. It's a starry night. The invisible cities, Italo Calvino. 27. The two were silent for a long time. Daffodil
We are once again looking for a good start (in Spanish and English) for the Library's Short Story Contest (fourth edition) and once again we award a batch of books from one of our favorite publishers (Siruela). Participating is easy: 1. Think of a book that you liked a lot. 2. Look for a suggestive phrase and