On the Bank of Somesul Mic and Other Stories (2022)

On the Bank of Somesul Mic and Other Stories (2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Zaher Alajlani's stories beautifully counterbalance realist prose writing with the darkness and violence of fantasy outbursts. Present-day places and events (Romanian everyday life, the COVID pandemic) become a background for social and moral debates, but mostly the receptacle where difference, irregularity, and monstrosity activate. On the Bank of Some?ul Mic and Other Stories includes tales that are very often ignited by a main character watching things from a safe and rational distance, only to plunge headfirst into a parallel reality: dream, hallucination, nightmares, or possible time loops. Tradition, routine, customs, and habits are thoroughly interrogated in a skeptical light, which makes a most unlikely and surprising pair with magic and the irrational in these noir narratives. Alajlani's stories are not to be missed." (Professor Mihaela Ursa)

Book information

ISBN: 9781780586656
Publisher: Blurb, Inc.
Imprint: Blurb
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 118
Weight: 168g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 6mm