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This week I had the pleasure of reading a very recent short story by Roddy Doyle called Sleep. Roddy Doyle is very well-known in my hometown of Dublin, but I suppose not so familiar over here in the USA.
I like the story – having grown up in the city in which it is set, [...]

Just yesterday I was sent a link by a good friend to the English translation of a short story called Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov.
I had never read anything by Chekhov before, but I was familiar with a number of Russian authors – Gogol, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Tolstoy – all of whom I enjoyed greatly.
Chekhov’s [...]