Tag: Seven Stories Press

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‘Infidels’ by Abdellah Taïa

Abdellah Taïa’s Infidels is a story about the protagonist Jallal’s fall–out of boyhood, into love, out of innocence, into Jihad.

May 31, 2016

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Features

French, Arabic, English: Abdellah Taïa Discusses His Novels and Why He Uses the Language that He Does

“Though I write now in French, my feelings about this language are very complicated. I am in a constant war with it.”

March 27, 2016 • One Comment

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Luis Negrón: The Cruel Gay World

“[…]’gayness’ questions the idea that society has of itself.”

In a wry voice that seamlessly combines both sincerity and camp, Luis Negrón’s Mundo Cruel examines how desire, love, and sexuality simultaneously inspire and warp the citizens of Santurce, Puerto Rico.

April 29, 2013 • 2 Comments

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‘The Albino Album’ by Chavisa Woods

The Albino Album is, at its core, a novel of the human condition. It’s a political novel. It’s a love story and a coming-of-age story. It’s the story of a girl who rides an albino horse and has no patience for the niceties of cultural conditioning. Suffice to say, it’s multifaceted, in the best possible way.

April 14, 2013

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‘Mundo Cruel’ by Luis Negrón

Mundo Cruel is a shrewd celebration of subversion, to be sure, but for all its bravado the broader point here is a quiet reaffirmation that we all possess the innate capacity to subvert the status quo.

March 5, 2013 • 3 Comments

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