Orange Eyes and Other Tales |
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| Author:
| Koppándi, Tímea |
| ISBN: | 979-8-5089-7058-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.46 |
Book Description:
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'What might on the surface seem a rather silly idea proves, here, an inventive and unusual premise for a novella exploring the possibilities of stream of consciousness narration, in an Absurdist, Modernist tradition.' - Amy Sackville FRSL, Senior Lecturer at University of Kent 'This is a collection of intriguing and unusual stories. Every story offers a slant glimpse of resonant and vivid depth. They are well written: stylish and odd.' - Kat...
More Description 'What might on the surface seem a rather silly idea proves, here, an inventive and unusual premise for a novella exploring the possibilities of stream of consciousness narration, in an Absurdist, Modernist tradition.'
- Amy Sackville FRSL, Senior Lecturer at University of Kent 'This is a collection of intriguing and unusual stories. Every story offers a slant glimpse of resonant and vivid depth. They are well written: stylish and odd.' - Kat Peddie, Lecturer at University of Kent A collection of bold, vivid, powerful short stories that evoke intense experiences of characters who battle with their inner thoughts, feelings and desires. With abstract illustrations by the author, 'Orange Eyes and Other Tales', brings silliness, complexity and honesty to the character's struggles.
'Orange Eyes and Other Tales' encapsulates the power of feelings, of colours and individuality. Each character battles societal perceptions, the inability to fit in and their profound reactions to the world around them. Multiculturality, feelings of displacement and cultural ambiguity are at home within these stories with the intention of dismantling labels in order to allow anyone to be whatever they choose to.
This main story, Orange Eyes, is that of a woman whose response to trauma led to isolation and eventually the belief that she is becoming an orange. Her obsessive fantasies lead to flashbacks of a memory that she is desperately trying to forget.
From there on, this collection guides you through various stories that explore subjects such as memory, home, culture, identity, individualism, departure and the body.