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ARCHIPELAGO
STORIES
WES STEVENS

CHAMELEON PRESS (FEB 2006)
NO BINDING SPECIFIED
Prod. # 9789889706005
Category: Fiction

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See more: Fiction > New fiction and literature

His breath lengthening after repeated gasps; the boat seamlessly propelled by the ocean's flow. Cumulonimbus, with a b-i-s or b-u-s? He can’t recall.

An Indian-Malay boy tackles difficult words for his spelling bee while swimming; Sea Gypsy girls venture to the big city with their artist cousin; a Japanese-American waltzes in her family’s temple; an Arab grieves for his lost Russian wife...

In these stories which span Asia from Japan and Hong Kong to Malaysia and Yemen, Wes Stevens brings an enigmatic, evocative ... and laconic new voice to Asian fiction.

A-R-C-H-I-P-E-L-A-G-O is not just another collection of East-meets-West stories; rather, it is a unique merging of Asian and Western voices into something completely new.

"... an acute observer of other cultures ... a talented storyteller with genuine insight into the people and places around us." -- Alexandra Carroll, HK Magazine



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