Critiques en avant-première

SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2017 Fascinating literary short stories for fans of Yukio Mishima, Philip Roth, and Junot Diaz Voice Actor Paul Hikari vividly brings to life Orlando Ortega-Medina's eclectic work of dark fiction in this special audiobook version of Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories of Love and Other Obsessions. Ortega-Medina’s characters are flawed, broken individuals, trying their best to make sense of their lives as they struggle with sexuality, death, obsession, and religion. Sometimes bleak, occasionally violent, and often possessed of a dark humor, this major debut explores the imperfections of life and the unpredictability of death. Praise for Jerusalem Ablaze: “[B]eautifully wrought, deeply unnerving...Ortega-­Medina holds a mirror up to our darkest thoughts and urges -­‐ while showing the oneness of the human condition” –The Irish News “[Ortega-­Medina] is at his best at his most explosive – and the wilder the better. I felt the emergence of an exciting, original talent.” –Jewish Renaissance "Ortega-Medina's prose is elegant and potent throughout, with visceral passages bathed in lyricism." —Kirkus Reviews “Atmospheric and enticingly mysterious” –Christopher Fowler