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Happy stories, mostly

Paperback • 2021 • English

Happy stories, mostly

By Norman Erikson Pasaribu

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About the book

Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve stories that queer the norm. Inspired by Simone Weil's concept of 'decreation', and often drawing on Batak and Christian cultural elements, these tales put queer characters in situations and plots conventionally filled by hetero characters. The stories talk to each other, echo phrases and themes, and even shards of stories within other stories, passing between airports, stacks of men's lifestyle maga...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Magical realism

Book details

ISBN

9781911284635

Publisher

Tilted Axis Press

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

Happy stories, mostly

Format

Paperback

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