War by Candlelight Stories
“War by Candlelight Stories” by Daniel Alarcón is a collection of short stories published by Harper Collins on March 29, 2005. This edition, comprising 189 pages, presents a nuanced exploration of the complexities surrounding war and its impact on individuals and cultures. Alarcón takes readers on a journey through various urban landscapes, highlighting the dislocations and transformations that arise in the wake of conflict and economic upheaval.
In this collection, readers will encounter a diverse array of characters navigating the challenges of their environments, from the streets of Lima to the intimate settings of New York apartments. The stories delve into themes of displacement, identity, and the often harsh realities faced by those living on the margins of society. Alarcón’s work captures the essence of a world in transition, offering insights into the lives of those who find themselves caught between the globalized and the not-yet-globalized worlds.
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Something is happening around the globe: mass movements of peoples, dislocations of language and culture in the wake of war and economic crises — simply put, our world is changing.
In this exquisite collection, Daniel Alarcón takes the reader from Third World urban centers to the fault lines that divide nations and people. Wars, both national and internal, are waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments. These are lives at the margins of the globalized and not-yet-globalized worlds, the stories of those who shuttle between them and never quite feel at home in the cities where they were born: an unrepentant terrorist remembers where it all began, a would-be emigrant contemplates the ramifications of leaving and never coming back, a reporter turns in his pad and pencil for the inglorious costume of a street clown.
War by Candlelight is a devastating portrait ofa world in flux, and Daniel Alarcón is an extraordinary new voice in literary fiction, one you will not soon forget.
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