This is how Filtered Light and other stories opens:
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(a real good opening, I think...sets the tone...)
And here is an excerpt for you:
Add to that, these blurbs from the collection…
The Photo Opportunity: Sometimes the best photo doesn't exist.
Flash in the Pan: The brittle crack of ice, a flutter of wing, the price of hubris…
The Campsite: Vol. I – Forssa: When you see into his world, what does that say about you?
The Wind in the Pipes: Voices in atonal harmonies, released but not yet free.
Yessirree: There's nothing like it … nothing.
Carbon-Based: What you are is sometimes a matter of perspective.
Les Feuilles Mortes: Sometimes the music helps us see.
Lord Stanton’s Horse: Not everyone falls in battle.
The Dispatchers: Did you ever wonder who decides?
The Farewell Tour: Saying goodbye isn’t easy.
...and you know you must read this book!
Available here
Hi Elaina,
ReplyDeletefirst, many thanks for doing this to spread the word!
It's good to see you liked the Khayyam ruba'is. I am a long-time fan, indeed since my early teens, of him, and I have used some the quatrains also in my novel, Tulagi Hotel.
To me, Khayyam encapsulates the essence of being human, a transient but sentient flutter in the stream of time and space. In this collection, you have "The Ephemeral Man", which I wrote based on the real-life character of Khayyam, the mathematician-astronomer-physician that he was.
Again, I hope you will find the collection worthy of your reading effort!
Heikki, definitely worthy of my reading effort. And I hope to get more readers aboard! Sometimes one comes across a read which serves to resonate- PD Allen's work does that...and so does this. Every success with it, and with Tulagi Hotel.
ReplyDeletePS: Loved the Khayyam ruba'is- I don't know of him (until now), but I shall investigate after this. :)
Many thanks once again! And for the complete Rybaiyyat, look no further:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.therubaiyat.com/ has all the four major editions, and I used this a my reference for Tulagi's sections involving his poetry.
Thank you! I've copied a fair bit to read at leisure :)
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