KING OF THE GYPSIES: Stories - Softcover

Myka, Lenore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886157995 ISBN 13: 9781886157996

Verlag: BKMK PR OF UMKC, 2015

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"Linked by quests for identity, Myka's 11 tales effectively capture those moments in life when we find ourselves frozen at the edge of a cliff." -- Booklist "King of the Gypsies is a debut to relish and celebrate. Infused with resonating insights, these stories animate the struggles of individuals who are navigating life in an unfamiliar culture. Whether the condition of foreignness is perceived as threatening or exhilarating, oppressive or liberating, it becomes motivation in this collection to think sensitively, boldly, and creatively about identity." -- Joanna Scott, Author of De Potter's Grand Tour "Lenore Myka's work offers the reader an intimate connection to characters who have their very lives at stake as they transcend the complex illusions that are the outcome of hopelessness and helplessness. These are unforgettable stories of love's last extraordinary efforts, and its first. KING OF THE GYPSIES presents the most mercy-inspiring tragic fiction you will likely ever read in contemporary literature." -- Kevin McIlvoy, Author of The Fifth Station, Little Peg, Hyssop, and The Complete History of New Mexico and Other Stories "Well imagined and richly textured." -- Kirkus Reviews "Romania links the characters in this fascinating debut collection, but its territory transcends a single country or history. With great empathy and impressive range, Lenore Myka has given voice to a range of memorable characters - the displaced and the privileged, the lost and the found - and captured their complex longings in stories that leave you moved, unsettled and ultimately satisfied." -- Christopher Castellani, Author of All This Talk of Love"

Reseña del editor:

Set against a wild and haunting landscape, the short fiction in this collection spotlight the struggles of everyday individuals to overcome the ghosts they have inherited from Romania’s communist past. The book won BkMk’s G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, selected by PEN/Faulkner finalist Lorraine M. López, who writes, “Myka’s characters release uncountable fibers, connecting them to one another in the linked narratives, binding them to the harshly beguiling Romania they inhabit and that inhabits them.”

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• Verlag: BKMK PR OF UMKC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1886157995
• ISBN 13: 9781886157996
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 215