I was reading one of the "Kattrathum Petrathum" one of my favourites of Sujatha, yesterday night,and wondered that a man wrote shortest story with 6 words.
Ernest Hemingway, was challenged once to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was "For sale: baby shoes, never used."
That reminded me of something I once read - I forget where. The shortest sci-fi story ever: "The last man on Earth sits in his house. There is a knock at the door."
Sujatha re-states the same with some correction, which adds more horrific appeal to it,
"The last man on Earth sits in his room. The door is locked once from outside"
And found some more interesting 6-word-short-stories, may look like mini-haiku...
"Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot."- David Brin
Time traveler's thought: "What's the password?"- Steven Meretzky
Our love survived time, not cancer. - unknown
This is very interesting....
Happy: My pillow still smells of her.
Sad : My pillow still smells of her. - unknown
I dont know whether any such attempt were made in tamil, but if there's any, please let me know....
This is mine,(please forgive me for this!!!)
"Nada, Jega, Ana, Prem and ME. "
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3 comments:
your six word story has a big story behind.
Your sites seems to be interesting..
Keep it up...
Q1.சிறுகதைக்கு கதை தேவையா?
நல்ல கேள்வி.கதை தேவையா என்பதையும் இப்போது சந்தேகிக்கிறார்கள். ஆர்வெல்லின் ‘A Hanging’ என்னும் கட்டுரையை சிறுகதையாக பார்க்கிறவர்களும் உண்டு.
Q2.சிறுகதை எதைப பற்றி இருக்கலாம்?
யாரைப் பற்றியும் எதைப் பற்றியும் இருக்கலாம்.
இது நான் சொல்லைங்க சுஜாதா சொன்னது.
Q1.Does a story needed for a shrt story?
Good Question. it's been under argument these days.
there are people who consider the article 'A Hanging’ by George Orwell(1931) as a short strory.
Q2.What the content of a short story could be?
It can be anything. any object or any person or issues
After all this is a Short Short story, leave the content, dear friend.
Well written article.
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