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'Languages of Water is a rare but intimate fusion of East, West and Africa, a stunning artefact of writerly immersion and cultural exchange. This child of digital collaboration brings together writers, illustrators and translators of poetry, fiction and essays, and refuses to be contained.
'In a playful interrogation of French literary theorist, critic and philosopher Roland Barthes’ le plaisir du texte and death of the author, Languages of Water opens with the homing story ‘When the Water Stops’. Cross-cultural creators interpret the story in different forms of itself, offering subversive fiction, poetry, essays, monochrome graphics, sudden fiction, and translations of the homing story in English, Swahili, French, Cantonese, Malay, Vietnamese and Bengali.
'A bold and exceptional offering edited by World Fantasy Award finalist and award-winning author Eugen Bacon—an Otherwise Fellowships honouree for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. Featuring works by acclaimed and award-winning authors, essayists, translators, scholars and artists.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Contents
- To Write Water, single work essay
- When the Water Stops, single work short story
- Quand L'eau Se Tarit, single work short story
- Stories from the Sandpaper Tongue, single work short story
- Old Water, single work short story
- Handsome Fix Thirsts for More, single work short story
- Water Syntax, single work short story
- Thingo, single work short story
- A Near-Perfect Picture, single work short story
- Sifting Questions, single work short story
- Body Surfing, single work short story
- When the Water Stops Again, single work short story
- What I See in 'When the Water Stops' : A Personal Reflection, single work short story
- Behind the Water, single work short story
