21 poets come together to create a varied and appealing collection that shows off their individual style and taste. From sentimental to street, fantasy to steam-punk, this truly has something for every one When Words Bloom.
A varied selection of short stories by 18 notable authors who have shared some of their best works to bring about a mix of romance, drama, adventure, tragedy and a number of works to inspire the reader.
For close to twenty years, Pearl of Mercy convent has been Ewande Tikky's home. In the mysterious silence shrouding the story of her birth, she had come to terms with the secret reality that she was not the daughter of a nun and had found peace in the love and care she had received from the nuns from childhood. But coming of age, she realizes that she had to decide whether or not she was made for the secret vow. When she suddenly stumbles on Yatu and he drops his crazy proposal for a lasting relationship, Ewande's cocoon of peace is broken. The discovery of an old prayer book carrying her name, an address and a picture of her image taken years before exposes her to the harsh rays of extortion, rape, murder, and betrayal along the path in the journey to discovering her true identity. Until she knows who she truly is, she will not offer herself to anyone, be it Yatu or the Church
A varied selection of short stories by 18 notable authors who have shared some of their best works to bring about a mix of romance, drama, adventure, tragedy and a number of works to inspire the reader.
21 poets come together to create a varied and appealing collection that shows off their individual style and taste. From sentimental to street, fantasy to steam-punk, this truly has something for every one When Words Bloom.
When it comes to really knowing a person, is what you see really what you get? Is it ever all you get? In this first critical study and annotated translation of the dramatic masterpiece Four Cries of a Gibbon by the late-Ming dynasty Chinese playwright Xu Wei, author Shiamin Kwa considers the ways that people encounter and understand each other in extraordinary circumstances. With its tales of crimes redressed in the next world and girls masquerading as men to achieve everlasting fame, Four Cries of a Gibbon complicated issues of self and identity when it appeared in the late Ming dynasty, paving the way for increasingly nuanced reflections on such questions in late Ming and early Qing fiction and drama. Beyond their historical context, Xu Wei’s influential plays serve as testimony to what Kwa argues are universal strategies found within drama. The heroes and heroines in these plays glide back and forth across the borders of life and death, of male and female, as they seek to articulate who they truly are. As the actors sort out these truths onstage, the members of the audience are invited to consider the truths that they live with offstage.
In Kwa's debut novel, four narrators tell two stories, one of a contemporary Chinese-Canadian psychologist mourning the death of her father, another of two Chinese prostitutes in early 20th century Singapore.
Rosi-Daniela Kouoh, a female Divisional Officer newly appointed to Njopongo, steps into office at a time when preparations for elections in the Riders Union sows panic in the hearts of the town s barons and a tragic road accident ignites feelings of vengeance and survival. In order to determine the root-cause of the rising tension and build a platform for lasting calm and justice, she gets two men out of police custody; Sadi, a loser and bitter father of an unborn child, and Esingi, a daring, retired streetboy and chauffeur to the powerful Lord Mayor and business tycoon. This is the thrilling tale of a woman determined to purge her town of injustice, corruption and greed. It is also the story of the niece of the Lord Mayor torn between family loyalty and her love for a poor bus driver.
Analyzing the way that recent works of graphic narrative use the comics form to engage with the “problem” of reproduction, Shiamin Kwa’s Perfect Copies reminds us that the mode of production and the manner in which we perceive comics are often quite similar to the stories they tell. Perfect Copies considers the dual notions of reproduction, mechanical as well as biological, and explores how comics are works of reproduction that embed questions about the nature of reproduction itself. Through close readings of the comics My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, The Black Project by Gareth Brookes, The Generous Bosom series by Conor Stechschulte, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Panther by Brecht Evens, Perfect Copies shows how these comics makers push the limits of different ideas of “reproduction” in strikingly different ways. Kwa suggests that reading and thinking about books like these, that push us to engage with these complicated questions, teaches us how to become better readers.
An eclectic collection of stories from 21 different authors, all with differing styles of writing and a vast array of genres. This book truly has something for everyone - romance, mystery, adventure, science fiction, western, supernatural, fantasy, slice of life and even ducks and cows! A perfect place to come on those hot summer days or cold winter nights when you want something to take your mind off your worries and be whisked away to other worlds.
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