Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories
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Pub Date Nov 18 2020 | Archive Date Feb 28 2021
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Description
Literary Short Stories
Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?
In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.
In “Calamity Jane,” see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in “Orpheus and Eurydice”; Dan’s mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of “Automatonomatopoeia”; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in “The Invitation”; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in “Vikings”; and in “The Conversation”, a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.
These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.
Let the revolution begin!
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Featured Reviews
Faith B, Reviewer
This was a really different and thought-provoking collection of short stories.
The one theme all 12 stories have in common is obviously love. Where it is found, how it is expressed and who is experiencing it. Some of the stories were a miss for me personally as I either didn't relate to them or couldn't connect with them. The remainder on the other hand I really enjoyed.
In particular, the stories set in a futuristic/alternate setting really stood out for me. The way people can be made to live such an autonomous life but somehow love seeps through. I found this to be a really significant message. I also thought there were some other important messages within some of the stories about freedom and liberty.
In terms of reading, a few of the stories were a little hard to follow and things like setting or the p.o.v were hard to pick up on. For short stories, some of them were also somewhat long and could have ended at particular points making the remainder of the story not necessary. Although I did still enjoy some of those endings.
