Jennani Durai (Libros)

Jennani Durai Libros

Jennani Durai crea prosa que profundiza en relaciones complejas e historias personales con una aguda perspicacia. Sus narrativas a menudo exploran temas de arrepentimiento y el pasado, desvelando emociones humanas y las complejidades de la vida. Durai aborda sus historias con un ojo meticuloso para el detalle y un estilo lírico que atrae a los lectores a sus mundos. Su escritura es íntima y reflexiva, invitando a la contemplación de las experiencias humanas compartidas.

Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday

216 páginas
8 horas de lectura

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Shortlisted for the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction “The stories in this gorgeous collection are complex yet clear, heartbreaking yet hopeful, sharp-witted yet compassionate. Jennani Durai is an exciting new voice in literature, a writer to watch!” –Tayari Jones, multi-award-winning author of An American Marriage A teenager discovers his grandfather's secret identity only after his death. A young immigrant to 1940s Singapore is convinced the end-times are nigh. A man is tasked with bringing the corpse of his estranged brother home from Phuket. A reporter is torn between doing her a job and respecting her friend’s privacy. From obituaries and job ads to crime reports and horoscopes, Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday is a collection of ten short stories connected by the motif of newspapers, and the unexpected ways they end up affecting our lives.