Hemokgang's Short Story Collections 2015

Each year it seems I read more short story collections than I expect, and I almost always thoroughly enjoy them, so I thought I would keep a list. No specific goal, no ticker.....just a list.

#1 - This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila - ****

#2 - Natural Histories by Guadalupe Nettel - *****

#3 - Dans la nuit Mozambique by Laurent Gaude - *****

#4 - Mateo Falcone et autres nouvelles by Prosper Merimee - ***

#5 - Get In Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link ****

>6 hemlokgang:

Any particular favorites in Link's collection? I've only read one story so far (I'd have to look back to remember the title) and it left me rather confused.... It was about rich teenagers having real-world counterparts so they wouldn't ruin their later lives by making stupid mistakes on the internet.

I think most of the stories are coming of age trials and tribulations. I actually like "Summer People" and "Secret Identity" the best. I thought the collection was stylistically inventive but inconsistent in terms of clarity.

#6 - Two or Three Years Later: Forty-nine Digressions by Ror Wolf - ****

#7 - A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li - *****

#8 - The Unamericans: Stories by Molly Antopol

#9 - The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov