In this
wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on
love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens
and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young
father, and many more.
In
“Calamity Jane,”
see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek
love story in “Orpheus
and Eurydice”; Dan’s mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world
of “Automatonomatopoeia”; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in
“The Invitation”;
on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in
“Vikings”; and in
“The
Conversation”, a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other
types of love.
These
are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle
against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns
exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is
closed. Let the revolution begin!