If you've picked up this volume, you may already be familiar with Achmed Abdullah's work from the first volume, "The Achmed Abdullah Megapack." If not, no harm done; both Megapacks contain short stories which can be read in any order. The only real difference is that Volume 1 contains quite a few supernatural stories, while Volume 2 focuses more on "contemporary" (early 1900s) life in exotic locales, like the Middle East, China, and New York City (primarily in Chinatown). Crime is frequently touched upon; many of these stories qualify as mysteries.

Included:

THE EVENING RICE

THE HATCHETMAN

FEUD

REPRISAL

THE HOME-COMING

THE DANCE ON THE HILL

THE RIVER OF HATE

THE SOUL OF A TURK

MORITURI

THE JESTER

THE STRENGTH OF THE LITTLE THIN THREAD

GRAFTER AND MASTER GRAFTER

THE LOGICAL TALE OF THE FOUR CAMELS

THE TWO-HANDED SWORD

BLACK POPPIES

THE PERFECT WAY

TAO

A note for the sensitive: Some of these stories are not "politically correct" by today’s standards. Please keep in mind that Abdullah was writing in a different age, with different standards of propriety. The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years.

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E-raamat: 23. oktoober 2013