Mary Anne Mohanraj ist für ihre vielschichtigen Beiträge zur spekulativen Fiktion bekannt, in denen sie Themen wie Identität, Kultur und den menschlichen Körper mit einer unverwechselbaren Stimme erforscht. Ihre Arbeit befasst sich oft mit komplexen Erzählungen, die konventionelle Grenzen in Frage stellen und den Lesern zum Nachdenken anregende Erkundungen vielfältiger Erfahrungen bieten. Als Gründerin der gefeierten Zeitschrift für spekulative Literatur Strange Horizons hat sie die Landschaft des Genres maßgeblich beeinflusst. Mohanraj's Engagement für die Förderung von Literaturgemeinschaften festigt ihre Bedeutung in der zeitgenössischen Literatur weiter.
So vielfältig wie die Menschen sind die Gesichter der Liebe: Ein Vater in Sri Lanka entlässt seine talentierte Tochter in die Freiheit des Westens. Eine hochbegabte Studentin gibt ihre Karriere für eine große eigene Familie auf. Eine Frau glüht in Leidenschaft für ihre schöne Schwägerin und heiratet nie. Ein Mann geht eine arrangierte Ehe ein und kehrt doch zu seiner Geliebten zurück, als sie ihn braucht. Diese Entscheidungsmomente fangen die unterschiedlichsten Formen der Liebe ein. Sie verbinden sich zur Geschichte zweier Familien im Spannungsfeld von Ost und West, Heimat und Neuland, Tradition und Sinnlichkeit.
Set against the backdrop of a cancer diagnosis, this heartfelt romance explores the unexpected bond that forms between two individuals during challenging times. Mary Anne Mohanraj, a breast cancer survivor, weaves a narrative that highlights resilience and the transformative power of love, illustrating how connection can emerge even in the darkest moments.
Imagine a hot tub party where a married couple tests the boundaries of fidelity. A model who finds herself unaccountably aroused as she poses for a watercolor artist. A pool of water on a desert road and two lovers who know how to make the most of it. This is Aqua Erotica , a sensuous tasting of desire's liquid, ecstatic other worlds.Aqua Erotica is a siren's song, a book so unforgettably sexy that you will want to take it with you to the bath, the sauna, the night-lit pool.What's amazing is that you can.The first-ever waterproof book for adults. The most seductive collection of original literary erotica ever gathered under one cover.Aqua Erotica is a book that quite literally goes places you never imagined books could go. Featuring today's boldest erotic Francesca Lia BlockPoppy Z. BriteLouise ErdrichCarol QueenMarcy SheinerCecilia TanBarry Yourgrauand many others --
The book offers an intimate, day-by-day account of the author's journey through breast cancer, detailing her experiences from diagnosis to treatment and recovery over three years. With raw honesty, it chronicles the challenges of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, and reconstruction, providing a profound insight into the emotional and physical struggles faced during this difficult time. Through her blog entries, the author shares her resilience and reflections, creating a powerful narrative of survival and hope.
We come together with other Sri Lankans-homelander and diaspora, Sinhalese and Tamil, Buddhist and Hindu and Christian and Muslim-over delicious shared meals. Sri Lanka has been a multi-ethnic society for over two thousand years, with neighbors of different ethnicities, languages, religions, living side by side. We try to teach our children to be welcoming to all, to share our unique cultural traditions. That is part of what it means to be Sri Lankan, what it has always meant. Dark roasted curry powder, a fine attention to the balance of salty-sour-sweet, wholesome red rice and toasted curry leaves, plenty of coconut milk and chili heat. These are the flavors of Sri Lanka, a South Asian island at the crossroads of centuries of migration and trade. Can we choose the good parts of our culture to cherish, and leave the darker aspects behind? I hope so. I hope food can help provide a pathway there. Come together at our table, sharing coconut milk rice and pol sambol, paruppu and jackfruit curry. Linger over the chai-just one more cup. Eat, drink, and share joy. In Vegan Serendib, novelist and post-colonial academic Mary Anne Mohanraj introduces her mother's cooking and her own American adaptations, providing an introduction to Sri Lankan American vegan cooking that is straightforward enough for a beginner, yet nuanced enough to capture the unique flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine.
