**Journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine assumptions and catch a glimpse of the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose --or are forced--to leave home and familiar places. Who straddle borders within our worlds--and
Shades within us: tales of migrations and fractured borders
β Scribed by Seanan McGuire; Susan Forest
- Publisher
- Laksa Media Groups Inc.
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 312 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1608823407
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β¦ Synopsis
**Journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose --or are forced--to leave home and familiar places. **
Migration. A transformation of time, place, and being . . .
WHO ARE THE SHADES WITHIN US?
An American father shields his son from Irish discrimination. A Chinese foreign student wrestles to safeguard her family at the expense of her soul. A college graduate is displaced by technology. A Nigerian high school student chooses between revenge and redemption. A bureaucrat parses the mystery of Taiwanese time travellers. A defeated alien struggles to assimilate into human culture. A Czechoslovakian actress confronts the German WWII invasion. A child crosses an invisible border wall. And many more.
Stories that transcend borders, generations, and cultures. Each is a glimpse into our human need in...
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