Can anyone name/recommend 5-10 good short stories? Short as in

>>8798231

Those are shit topics senpai
Metamorphosis is a novella anyway so
I'd go with The old man and the sea with the topic Victory and defeat

Heart of a Dog

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JKQ1QU2

>>8798231
>>name/recommend
Just use recommend.
>>at class
In class you mean?

I'm not trying to be a dick but that was disgusting to read. Good luck.

>>8798247
I'm sorry senpai.
I'm ESL

>>8798231
Akutagawa wrote a book of short stories that covers all of those topics. It's not fantastic, but I enjoyed it, for a light read.

Thomas F's last notes to the public by Kjell Askildsen

>>8798231
Mavis Gallant's "Speck's Idea" and "The Latehomecomer" could make for some good writing on victory and defeat. Speck's Idea is a fairly empathetic take on how a post-WWII Frenchman could end up on the far right, and The Latehomecomer is about a German POW returning to Berlin after the end of the war.

The nose
The overcoat

>>8798231
>Honor and dishonor
Lieutenant Gustl (None but the Brave) is perfect for this.

Mishima - Patriotism

>>8798231
Mind and feelings:
http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Ted%20Chiang.html

(actually about death and entropy but you can easily argue it's about mind and feelings)

And I liked his work long before he recently starting getting popular because of the movie adaptation of Story of Your Life.

>>8798239
Old Man and The Sea for sure. Covers topics 2, 3, & 4

Maybe White Nights for 1 & 5