CONTRAPPASSO is an independent biannual magazine of international writing published in Sydney and Buenos Aires. Issue 6 contains writing from Japan, the USA, Chile, France, Australia, and New Zealand. Highlights include in-depth interviews with crime writing legend Lawrence Block, Filipino novelist Jose Dalisay, and Australian poet Judith Beveridge. We have an excerpt from Álvaro Bisama's 'Dead Stars', other new fiction by Mitsuyo Kakuta, R. Zamora Linmark, and Jon A. Jackson; and poetry by Frank Russo, Elizabeth Smither, Ouyang Yu, Richard James Allen, Iain Britton, Jamie Grant, Siobhan Hodge, Flora Delalande, Les Wicks, Stuart Barnes, Penny Florence, and Stephen Oliver. Edited by Matthew Asprey & Theodore Ell. "A periodical that moves restlessly, thrillingly among its interests and concerns...the Sydney-based Contrappasso publishes international writing of the highest order." - Los Angeles Review of Books.

Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 6: International Writing

Literature & Fiction

Block,Lawrence

Dalisay, Jose

Beveridge, Judith

Magazine, Contrappasso

Literary

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An emotional exploration of the Philippines, these novels illustrate the connection between a people and their beloved native land. The first novel, Killing Time in a Warm Place, is based in part on the author's own experiences as a student protester and his subsequent capture, imprisonment, and torture during the Marcos dictatorship. His subsequent assimilation to a new society as a speechwriter for the government is depicted, followed by his self-imposed exile to the United States and his eventual return to the islands upon the death of his father, where he is forced to confront past betrayals. The second tale, Soledad’s Sister, delves into the dark side of immigrant and outsourced labor that is endemic worldwide. Following the mysterious death of a young Filipina woman working as an au pair in Saudi Arabia, the narrative chronicles a local policeman’s search to claim her body, locate her next of kin, and give her a proper burial in her native soil. With deep insight into contemporary Philippine culture, this collection captures a nation attempting to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world.

In Flight: Two Novels of the Philippines

Short Stories & Anthologies

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