Grace (short story) Grace (short story) "Grace" is a short story by James Joyce written toward the end of 1905 and published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." The story begins with an unconscious man who has fallen down the stairs in a pub after heavy drinking. A friend of his, Mr. Power, finds him, reveals him to be named Tom Kernan, and takes him home to his wife. Kernan is a salesman who once possessed an easy charm and manner but has since descended into alcoholism. An injury to his tongue sustained during the fall keeps Kernan in bed. Two days later, he
The Stray Dog (short story collection) The Stray Dog (short story collection) The Stray Dog (, "Sag-e Velgard") is a 1942 short story collection by Iranian author Sadegh Hedayat. "The Stray Dog" was first published by the Bazargani Nejat publication in Tehran in 1942. It consists of eight short stories and is Sadegh Hedayat's last short story collection. The exact writing time of these short stories is unknown today, however based on what Hadayat had written in his letters, it is believed that most of these short stories had been written before 1942. Before 1942, Hedayat wasn't able to publish anything, because of Reza Shah's censorship