Roman Clodia’s Reviews > The Penguin Book of the International Short Story > Status Update

'In a world of ever-stricter boundaries, this freedom of movement - of becoming or transforming or simply disappearing - that any great short story promises is second to none. These are radical freedoms, and they are under the greatest threat we have witnessed in our lifetimes. Perhaps here is the core of their subversiveness: great stories are inherently anti-nationalist.'
~ Introduction

'As Americans, we tend to think that how we see the world is how everyone else does. We believe the United States, like the pre-Copernican earth, is the centre of the universe and everything revolves around us.'
~ Introduction