Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
Hi Everybody,
Who is your favorite short story writer?
&
What is the best short story you have ever read?
i mean with short story (very short one)= less than 5 pages .....
A waiting for your kind reply ?
I am not an expert in literature, I'll write something here which may not be accurately enough:
In my opinion there are two main kinds of short stories:
1) Literature short stories
This comprises mainly the classical historical ones, written mainly by native speakers. This is a literature gender. There are many delightful short stories of this kind written in the English language. It is possible to learn as well as have a lot of fun from reading these short stories. But I guess these short stories are not appropriated for learning ESL. Most of them are complicated and demand an advanced knowledge of English.
2) Simplified short stories aimed to ESL students.
These comprise both rewritten and simplified texts and texts written specifically for English learning purposes. In my opinion in general the first ones are terrible, much of the original richness of the text is lost in the simplifying process. And for the second ones I feel there aren't many of them in the market. For the purpose of learning English I recommend short texts (not short stories) like for instance "The Book of General Ignorance" (
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...at-book-have-you-read-recently-english-6.html)
Answering your original questions:
My favorite short story writers are Machado de Assis (Portuguese) and Thomas Hardy (English).
I can't tell you which was the best short story I've ever read, I'll think about it.