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My Father Drank My Lover and Other Stories — Ashok K. Banker
A bag travels the universe looking for evil, bigoted civilizations to consume. The machinations of a dark and terrible goddess lead to unexpected outcomes. A girl child is married off in a technologically advanced dystopic world steeped in prejudice and intolerance. A desperate mother tries to bring her children back to nature from a digital existence.
In each of these stories and more, Ashok Banker assaults the senses through shock and awe. Exploring overarching themes of love, feminism, equality and social justice, these eleven refreshingly original works of imagination are powerful, dark and haunting.
Published in a collection for the first time, the tales are macabre yet stunning, honest parables of our world.
“The haunting stories shock and awe, and make you rethink assumptions. Fans of speculative fiction will have abundant food for thought.”
-- The Hindu
“Did the title make you uneasy? If it did, you are ready to read this work of brilliance. After a long time I come across so brilliant a collection. It is a union between the myths and the realities concerning life that are conveyed in complex yet fanciful texts. This collection of short stories has been unlike any other - his stories make you ponder over the end, the characters, their emotions leave remnants on your mind. Banker's prose is a work of art and each story is brilliant and vibrant in it's own way.”
-- Helly http://www.helly.in/2018/06/my-father-drank-my-lover-by-ashok.html
“Ashok Banker has a vivid imagination, not only in the field of Indian Mythology but Sci-fi, and other traditional genres. My Father Drank my Lover and Other Stories is a collection that makes you want to read the book in one sitting, especially because all the variety the book has to offer. The plot ranges from mythological retellings to crazy Sci-fi, the good, the evil and the unexplainable. I particularly loved the writing style which is gripping and complements the sassiness/bizarreness/weirdness each story carries. I would most certainly recommend this collection to one and all and I am certain this book will be loved by all, irrespective of the country they live in.”
-- Mridula https://ecstaticyetchaotic.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/book-review-my-father-drank-my-lover-and-other-stories-by-ashok-banker/
In each of these stories and more, Ashok Banker assaults the senses through shock and awe. Exploring overarching themes of love, feminism, equality and social justice, these eleven refreshingly original works of imagination are powerful, dark and haunting.
Published in a collection for the first time, the tales are macabre yet stunning, honest parables of our world.
“The haunting stories shock and awe, and make you rethink assumptions. Fans of speculative fiction will have abundant food for thought.”
-- The Hindu
“Did the title make you uneasy? If it did, you are ready to read this work of brilliance. After a long time I come across so brilliant a collection. It is a union between the myths and the realities concerning life that are conveyed in complex yet fanciful texts. This collection of short stories has been unlike any other - his stories make you ponder over the end, the characters, their emotions leave remnants on your mind. Banker's prose is a work of art and each story is brilliant and vibrant in it's own way.”
-- Helly http://www.helly.in/2018/06/my-father-drank-my-lover-by-ashok.html
“Ashok Banker has a vivid imagination, not only in the field of Indian Mythology but Sci-fi, and other traditional genres. My Father Drank my Lover and Other Stories is a collection that makes you want to read the book in one sitting, especially because all the variety the book has to offer. The plot ranges from mythological retellings to crazy Sci-fi, the good, the evil and the unexplainable. I particularly loved the writing style which is gripping and complements the sassiness/bizarreness/weirdness each story carries. I would most certainly recommend this collection to one and all and I am certain this book will be loved by all, irrespective of the country they live in.”
-- Mridula https://ecstaticyetchaotic.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/book-review-my-father-drank-my-lover-and-other-stories-by-ashok-banker/
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