People Like Us eBook Surtsey Ana Krakatoa
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People Like Us is a collection of novellas and shorts penned by Surtsey Ana Krakatoa with more than the odd intervention Michael D Scott.
Some issues are attacked with a sledge hammer whilst others are addressed more subtly. From the outset we are goaded and challenged, the ambiguity of the title. Are the people on the cover like us, our peers? Or do the people on the cover like us, our friends?
Inside this publication we find a truly cosmopolitan collection of modern urban tales using an international cast of characters. The featured novellas The Life of Riley and The Spoils of War are responsible for the lion's share of the 300+ pages. The former pairing an injured English sportswoman with a quirky Polish plasterer, and the latter providing conflict between a plucky Pakistani girl and a troubled English Soldier.
The full play-list reads The Life of Riley, For the Love of Angelina, The Brown Supremacy, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Spoils of War, Compliments of the Season, There's no Excuse for Racism, and After ever After.
People Like Us eBook Surtsey Ana Krakatoa
I first became aware of Surtsey Ana Krakatoa in 2013 when I read her novella “The Spoils of War”. I was introduced to her character Parminder Sherwani a 21 year old English student, whose very strict parents emigrated from Pakistan to give their children a better life. This novella is written almost completely in dialogue with little narrative. There are scenes of dubious consent, and a realistic and sensitive handling of the self doubt and ambivalence of a rape victim. I found the combination of style and story both fascinating and intriguing.Searching out more of her work I found “The Best Years of Our Lives”, totally different subject matter and tone, an outrageously funny account of the rejects from a realty show similar to Jerry Springer. I laughed through page after page.
"People Like us" offers nine Surtsey Ana stories in one volume. Even though I'd already purchased two, I took the opportunity to own seven more. I wasn't disappointed.
“Our Story” is a fresh, edgy and daring treatise about a husband’s grief after the passing of his wife. The author pushes societal boundaries by writing about the attachment between the man and his fifteen year old step daughter. I was pulled up short and had to reread to understand the nuances.
“After Ever After” is a poignant look at a failed marriage, through dialogue between a father and his children. It’s very short, only ten pages, and my sympathy was with the wife who was never introduced.
There's a pattern of disturbing propinquity in all these stories. Each one engages the reader in a visceral manner, because the reader has either gone through a similar experience or knows someone who has.
Some of the stories in this book deal with pretty serious subject matters. I really enjoyed all of them but there were a handful that were real standouts to me (“Our Story” and “After Ever After” were my absolute favorites out of all of the short stories).
Just when I've decided this author relies heavily on the strength of her dialogue we are presented with “Compliments of the Season”, a very erotic encounter between strangers on a train. It's intense, and not a word is spoken.
I read hundreds of books a year and Surtsey Ana Krakatoa has become my favorite author. She’s confident in her craft and goes where other writers don’t dare. She can tell a great story in any genre. The attraction is her ability to write about "People Like Me"
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People Like Us eBook Surtsey Ana Krakatoa Reviews
I first became aware of Surtsey Ana Krakatoa in 2013 when I read her novella “The Spoils of War”. I was introduced to her character Parminder Sherwani a 21 year old English student, whose very strict parents emigrated from Pakistan to give their children a better life. This novella is written almost completely in dialogue with little narrative. There are scenes of dubious consent, and a realistic and sensitive handling of the self doubt and ambivalence of a rape victim. I found the combination of style and story both fascinating and intriguing.
Searching out more of her work I found “The Best Years of Our Lives”, totally different subject matter and tone, an outrageously funny account of the rejects from a realty show similar to Jerry Springer. I laughed through page after page.
"People Like us" offers nine Surtsey Ana stories in one volume. Even though I'd already purchased two, I took the opportunity to own seven more. I wasn't disappointed.
“Our Story” is a fresh, edgy and daring treatise about a husband’s grief after the passing of his wife. The author pushes societal boundaries by writing about the attachment between the man and his fifteen year old step daughter. I was pulled up short and had to reread to understand the nuances.
“After Ever After” is a poignant look at a failed marriage, through dialogue between a father and his children. It’s very short, only ten pages, and my sympathy was with the wife who was never introduced.
There's a pattern of disturbing propinquity in all these stories. Each one engages the reader in a visceral manner, because the reader has either gone through a similar experience or knows someone who has.
Some of the stories in this book deal with pretty serious subject matters. I really enjoyed all of them but there were a handful that were real standouts to me (“Our Story” and “After Ever After” were my absolute favorites out of all of the short stories).
Just when I've decided this author relies heavily on the strength of her dialogue we are presented with “Compliments of the Season”, a very erotic encounter between strangers on a train. It's intense, and not a word is spoken.
I read hundreds of books a year and Surtsey Ana Krakatoa has become my favorite author. She’s confident in her craft and goes where other writers don’t dare. She can tell a great story in any genre. The attraction is her ability to write about "People Like Me"
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