Rhombus And Oval - Softcover

Sequeira, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996227679 ISBN 13: 9780996227674

Publisher: What Books Press, 2017

Synopsis

Two shapes float across the sky and briefly make the earth their paradise. From the frolics and capers of the beloved rhombus and oval in the title story to the final meditations, these stories reflect--encoded or in plain view--an array of emotional states. All express a faith that humans are fundamentally good creatures, and that calm, slow noticing has a value--whether it is turned toward entertainment or metaphysical jousting, contemplation of affairs or pursuits of joy.

Written in Buenos Aires but very much a product of the imagination, these impressions of people and environment seek to draw out what is best or most mysterious in their surroundings. In Rhombus and Oval a mind floats in any direction in pleases, gathering together what it sees to make a new home.

About this title

Review:

"Sequeira's short stories braid graceful language with brilliant idiosyncrasies."
-- Foreword Reviews

"There is a a striking ambiguity in the narrator's (or narrators') modes ofrepresentation: the stories were absorbing and funny and weird. Perhapsthe ending of Bar Británico contains a kind of micro explanation of[Sequeira's] modus operandi."
-- Richard Gwyn, author of The Colour of a Dog Running Away and Deep Hanging Out

"...the stories are inventive, sophisticated without being pretentious orportentous, entertaining, and interesting examples each of the form ofthe fictional short story."
-- Joe Linker in Berfrois

About this edition

• Publisher: What Books Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0996227679
• ISBN 13: 9780996227674
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 118