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"7 short stories not for the faint of heart.. "
Synopsis
Seven stories, seven whispers into the ears of life: A Yi’s unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted by the weaknesses of human motive.
A Yi employs his forensic skills to offeraseries of portraits of modern life, both uniquely Chinese,and universal in their themes.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched recently in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners,and exciting, original voices.
My Review
Two Lives is a heartbreaking and challenging collection of 7 short stories, that are not for the faint of heart.
These are a compelling mix of tales around the individuals, lives, deaths and a look in to what really makes people tick.
There is a real engaging uniqueness to each of the stories, Missing persons, graffic violence, rape and a tale with science fiction at its heart.
All these stories deal with the inner workings of human nature, be it at it best or its worse. and the author does not make this an easy read but what he does it make it unforgetable jounery that we take with each of these people.
This is a fabulous collection of short stories, wonderfully written and absolutley unique, take a deep breath and get stuck in, this is some of the most compelling and original works I have read in a long tiem
Author Bio
A Yi (author) is acelebrated Chinese writer living in Beijing. He worked as a police officer before becoming editor-inchief of Chutzpah,an avant garde literary magazine.
He is the author of several collections of short stories and has published fiction in Grantaand the Guardian.
In 2010 he was shortlisted for the People's Literature Top 20Literary Giants of the Future.
A Perfect Crime, his first book in English was published by Oneworld in 2015.
He is noted for his unsentimental worldview,and challenging literary style.
Alex Woodend (Translator) is a writer/translator whose fascination with Spanish and Chinese began at Franklin & Marshall College.
He continued his studies at Columbia University where he wrote his Masters on early post-Mao literature.
Translator of The Captain Riley Adventures , Murder in Dragon City, and other works, he currently lives in New York.
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.