I'm in.
My languages will be Spanish and French, both of which I read well, and Ancient Greek, which I don't read well at all.
For Spanish, on my shelf sits a two-volume edition of
Cuentos completos by Julio Cortázar.
For French, I plan to read stories from
Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part by Anna Gavalda. This is possibly cheating, because I have already read all but one of them. Yet I like them so much, I want to read them again, even if it won't count.
For Ancient Greek, well, there are not any Ancient Greek short stories that I know about. But Ancient Greek plays are rather on the short side. For example, the famous
Oedipus Rex of Sophocles is only 1530 lines long in the Perseus.org edition. So I'll go out on a limb and commit myself to reading five Ancient Greek plays, including one each of Aeschylus, Euripides and Aristophanes. But I will be using texts whose editors provide as much help as possible to the reader. First up will be "Hippolytus" by Euripides.
Stories read24 January 2016
Spanish: "Continuidad de los parques" by Julio Cortázar (Argentina).
French: "The Opel Touch" by Anna Gavalda.
31 January
Spanish: "El río" by Julio Cortázar.
French: “L'enlèvement de la redoute” by Prosper Mérimée.
7 February
Spanish: "Ictión" by Myriam Bustos Arratia (Chile). Strange story about a society of underwater creatures.
French: "Un drame au bord de la mer" by Honoré de Balzac.
14 February
Spanish: "Holocausto sin tiempo en un pueblo lleno de luz" by Roberto Castillo (Honduras).
French: "Le Cigar de don Juan" by Alexandre Dumas (père).
21 February
Spanish: “El intermediario.” Marcial Souto (Argentina).
Antología del cuento hispanoamericano.
French: « Le meunier du Boël. » Adolfe Orain.
Curiosités, croyances, superstitions, chansons et coutumes de l'Ille-et-Vilaine.
28 February
Spanish: :"Los Venenos." Julio Cortázar.
French: "La demoiselle en deuil." Paul Ginistry in
Contes de Gil Blas, 1887.
6 Mar
Spanish: "El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan." Juan Borges (Argentina).
FiccionesFrench: " Claude Gueux." Victor Hugo. + audio read by Pierre-Jean Chérer.
13 Mar
Ancient Greek Play:
Hippolytus. Euripides.
Spanish story: “Mariposas de Koch.” Antonio di Benedetto (Argentina).
Antología.
French: « La bataille de Froeschwiller (récit d'un témoin.) ». Ernest Daudet.
19 Mar
Spanish: “Tren nocturno.” Abdón Ubidia (Ecuador).
French: « Le Curé de Cucugnan ». Alphonse Daudet.
26 Mar
Spanish: Elena Garro (Mexico). “Antes de la guerra la Troya.”
French: Guillaume Apollinaire. « Cox City. »
Free Online Stories.
13 Apr
Spanish:
Roberto Bolaño. “El Ojo selva.”
Roberto Bolaño. “Gómez Palacio.”
Roberto Bolaño. “Últimos atardeceres en la tierra.”
French:
Guillaume Apollinaire. « Le Matelot D'Amsterdam »
Théophile Gautier, « La Mille et deuxième nuit ». ***
Octave Mirbeau. « La Bonne ». From Lettres de ma chaumière.
Edit (9) to show stories read by or after 31 January 2016 and to add countries of Spanish writers and to italicize names of books.