Here's one to buy... anyone who loves dead pan humour, writing that sparks with originality, stories that take off and float around just above your head so you feel like a kid at a birthday party jumping for balloons.
Endorsed by last year's Frank O'Connor winner, Miranda July (weird, all this synchronicity)Kuzhali Manickavel's debut collection comes from a new press called BLAFT. LINK HERE TO THEIR WEBSITE.
Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings
by Kuzhali Manickavel
A centipede in a shoe, revelations in a shoebox, nosebleeds, exploding women, and a dead mouse named Miraculous populate this collection of thirty-five short stories from one of India's most original young writers.
"Not merely lyrical and strange, but also deadpan funny. I can't shake the feeling that I know this woman, personally--like we hung out at a party or something. But I don't, and we didn't. She's just that good."
--Miranda July
I was lucky enough to work with Kuzhali on The Workhouse for a while, and found her writing some of the most exciting I'd read in a long long time. Tried unsuccessfully to interest a UK publisher... but actually, I'm delighted that her work is being brought to the world from this new press.
Many congrats, K! No surprises that you landed a deal. Look forward to the next.
.JPG)
