A Country Called the World

The book consists of 32 short stories, the main character of which in half of the books is a woman and in the other half is a man. The stories take place in 32 different countries: Iran, France, Germany, Turkey, the USA, Costa Rica, Greece, and Chile ......The titles of the book stories include: -Under the Carpet, Iran: A widow lives with her eight-year-old daughter. She receives a romantic letter the handwriting of which is no different from her daughter's.-The Sound of Silence, the United States: A disabled old man who used to be a member of the Army during his youth, narrates to his brother's grandson his story in which he reveals the odd reason for (his joining the army and) going to war.-At School, Saudi Arabia: There are several graves in the elementary school courtyard, which causes the schoolmaster to take advantage of (abuse) the pupils.-A Terrible Cover, Chile: four old women decide to flee from death due to aging.-The Distinctive Team, Italy: There is a Mafia gang who, without committing any murder, have managed to meet their demands. Until one day a cook refuses to do what the head of the gang orders him to do.-The Sound of Death, Costa Rica: a young boy plans to discover the sound of death.-This life, The Czech Republic: Several athletes in the field of sailing by canoe and yacht get fired from their team. They decide to pretend that they are insane and continue to live their lives like that for good.-Escape from Science, England: A high IQ young man, who despite his intelligence, is scared of science and lives a poor life.-Black, Denmark: The little daughter of King Christian IV, King of Denmark, once sees a bird hunted down in the hands of her father, which greatly disturbs her from the psychological point of view. Afterward, once she sees a bird's shadow on the ground. While daydreaming she creates in her imagination a bird and continues to live with that imagination. -The last drop of credit, Afghanistan: An intellectual man in a poor financial situation who is starving decides to take a hamburger package somehow from his friend who is a shopkeeper. It has been a few months since he owed him money for what he bought on credit. So he cannot afford to buy anything anymore.-A Rural Lifestyle does not Suit her, Germany: A girl breaks up with her boyfriend while under stress (in order to get over it) gets a few days off from her job to stay with her aunt in a village. But when she sees the house, she recollects memories that make her condition worse.-Normal, Just Like Everybody Else, the Netherland: The story is about two twin sisters: One can only be awake during the night but the other can only be awake during daytime. They never get to see each other awake. They have managed to cope with this weird situation. But their lives are not like the life of other people. One day one of the sisters who is fed up with (tired of) the status quo makes up her mind and through an evil incidence decides (to change her life) and live a normal life like other people.-Fear of Dark, Canada: A young boy, who is suffering from Nyctophobia, while playing with his friends suddenly there is a blackout (power-cut). Everybody is afraid and screams. Then in the darkness, this child gets kissed by someone. A few days later, after this adventure, he, who likes other friends, is afraid of the darkness, decides not to be afraid of darkness anymore.-A Distant Past, Croatia: A middle-aged couple divorces after experiencing bitterness in life, but after the divorce, their memories get refreshed of their terrible past, it is about when are still single and have not seen each other. The terrible memories bother them to the extent that they come back together and get married again.-Weakness, Morocco-Flight Using Feathers inside a Pillow, Russia-Inefficient or Patient, Finland -6:20 pm till 8:00 pm, Nigeria -Vengeance, Poland -The Valuable "Self", France -Innocent, India -Embryo (fetus), New Zealand, ..