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Chargement... Tales to Read Before the End of the World: A Short Story Collection Exploring the Absurdpar Hadena James
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This is a collection of short stories exploring the absurd.Most of the short stories contained within this book revolve around central themes. "Everything Changes" is about the vanity of the human condition. "Faking It" takes aim at the absurdity of modern society. And "Beale Street Blues" explores the breakdown of communication within a relationship. These three themes are continously prodded while the reader attempts to understand them.The exceptions are "Ascension" and "The Worst Date Ever"."Ascension" is piece of historical fiction, based in Ancient Egypt. And while it doesn't explore the absurdity of modern society, it does exploit some of the absurd notions of even our greatest ancient civilizations."The Worst Date Ever" takes the everything terrifying and horrendous about the world of dating and combines them into a comedy of errors. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The Worst Date Ever is by far the funniest thing I have ever written. I tried to write a sequel, but I just couldn't get the magic to strike twice.
Ascension was nearly turned into a novella. My love for Ancient Civ was made apparent when I penned the piece. There was so much more that could have gone into it... but didn't because I felt the need to leave some of the story to the reader's imagination.
Everything Changes was the ultimate revenge tale in my opinion.
The others were mostly studies in my perception of the breakdown of society. I would consider them "modern life laid bare" pieces. ( )