“Brevity is the sister of talent,” Anton Chekhov argued, and he proved it himself. In addition to his short stories, he wrote small tales, sometimes shorter than five lines.

In the book "Great Writers Write the World's Shortest Stories," 140 brief stories from around the world are gathered, featuring small stories by great authors such as Anton Chekhov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Somerset Maugham, Franz Kafka, Kurt Tucholsky, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Andrea Camilleri, Patricia Highsmith, Bertolt Brecht, John Irving, and many more.

Stories that are exciting, touching, grotesque, optimistic, “in embryo,” which either end in just a few lines or can be read in five minutes at most. Stories to relax from tension, for reading on the subway or bus, in the waiting room or in line.

You have never read such amazing stories so quickly! A book for those who don’t have time to read, or for those who have never finished a book simply because it was too long or boring.