Junebat
- 120 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
From award winning author John Elizabeth Stintzi, Junebat is a form- and gender-disrupting debut collection that grapples with the pain of uncertainty on the path towards becoming.
John Elizabeth Stintzi Bücher
John Elizabeth Stintzi ist ein nicht-binärer Autor, dessen Prosa und Lyrik tief in die menschliche Identität und die Verbindung zum Land eintauchen. Ihr Werk zeichnet sich durch scharfe Introspektion und eine poetische Sprache aus, die komplexe Beziehungen zwischen Individuen und ihrer Umwelt erforscht. Durch eindringliche Bilder und originelle Metaphern untersuchen sie Themen wie Erinnerung, Verlust und die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz in einer sich ständig verändernden Welt. Die Schriften von Stintzi sprechen die Leser durch ihre emotionale Tiefe und literarische Raffinesse an.
Vanishing Monuments
- 304 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
A brilliant novel whose lead character returns home to their long-estranged mother who is now suffering from dementia.
On June 2, 2016, a jogger in Central Park discovers a mass of stone in the reservoir, which soon transforms into a towering stratovolcano. This bizarre occurrence aligns with a surge of strange global phenomena. The narrative weaves mythic elements with stark realism, capturing the sensation of living in a world on fire. A diverse cast experiences personal and collective upheavals: an eight-year-old boy in Mexico City travels back 500 years to witness the fall of the Aztec Empire; a folktale scholar in Tokyo investigates a tale of a woman descending a mountain to wreak havoc; a white trans writer in Jersey City struggles to craft a sci-fi novel about an impossible civilization; a nurse with Doctors Without Borders aids Syrian refugees in Greece while grappling with the trauma of surviving a bombing in Afghanistan; and a nomadic herder in Mongolia transforms into a green, flowering creature determined to cleanse the planet's pollution. With its audacious structure and poetic prose, this novel presents a fiery tapestry of interconnected stories. Critics have praised it as a contemporary folktale that captures the tumultuous present, blending history, myth, and vision in a way that is both gripping and haunting.