How to Lose at Longing - Couverture souple

Herman, A K

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1948788020 ISBN 13 : 9781948788021

Editeur : A. R. Phillips Press LLC, 2026

Synopsis

From A. K. Herman, shortlisted for the 2025 OMC Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Fiction, a collection of insightful, sensual and unsettling stories that explore longing, the peculiar human ache.

In "Keepsake," a waitress and a sailor form an erotic bond out of survival and maybe a little help from the supernatural. In "The Rules" a daughter follows her mother's twelve strict rules to secure a husband. In "Dance," a young woman uses seduction to create rules of her own. In "Speedo," a necklace heals a man's mind, and reveals truths he wants to forget. In "Up Down," Indigenous people revolt against the Capuchin forced labor system with deadly and disturbing results. A devoted husband in "The Both," searches for a way to keep both his wives, and himself, happy. In "Small Castles," a live-in nanny is caught between fraying bonds with her host-family and powerful external forces. And in the title story, a lover's sudden death forces an old man to return to the past and confront the roots of his own painful longing.

A mesmerizing, and, at times, surreal collection, How to Lose at Longing, reveals an author in command of the written word with emotionally resonant prose and characters, you'll be thinking about long after the last word.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A. K. Herman is a Caribbean poet and fiction author, born in Scarborough, Tobago. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and her debut collection, "The Believers: Stories," was shortlisted for the 2025 OMC Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Fiction. She was awarded a 2026 Saltonstall Writer Residency, Poetry. A. K.'s writing appears in various print and online journals, including, The Coachella Review, The Waterstone Review, Doek! Literary Journal, Lolwe, Aster(ix) Journal Shenandoah Magazine and others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A. R. Phillips Press LLC
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1948788020
• ISBN 13: 9781948788021
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 250
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• Personne responsable: non disponible