The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories - Couverture souple

Mohammad; Goldie; Newland; Alam; Holmes; Bidisha; Master; Ghelani; Kalu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912697408 ISBN 13 : 9781912697403

Editeur : Comma Press, 2022

Synopsis

The superhero of comic books and blockbuster movies may be a quintessentially American invention, forever saving the world in skin-tight spandex. But the cultural DNA of the superhero can arguably be traced to a much older, more progressive, British tradition: the larger-than-life folk heroes of historical protests – General Ludd, Captain Swing, Lady Skimmington, and others; semifictional identities that ordinary protestors adopted, often dressing up in the process. In this unique experiment, twelve authors have been tasked with resurrecting that tradition: to spawn a new generation of present-day British superheroes, willing to bring the fight back to British shores and to more progressive causes. From the dimension-jumping statuetoppler, to the shape-shifting single mum raiding supermarkets to stock local foodbanks... these figures offer unlikely new insights into shared, centuries-old political causes, and usher in a new league of proud, British (social justice) warriors...

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ra Page is the CEO and Founder of Comma Press. He has edited over 20 anthologies, including The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories (Penguin, 1999), The New Uncanny (winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, 2008), and most recently. The American Way: Stories of Invasion (2021). He is a former journalist and has also worked as a producer and director on a number of short films. He read Physics at Balliol College, Oxford and has an MA in English from the University of Manchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Comma Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912697408
• ISBN 13: 9781912697403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Page Ra
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible