Jared Shurin ja Mahvesh Murad: The djinn falls in love & other stories

Jared Shurin ja Mahvesh Murad ovat toimittaneet djinn-aiheisen novellikokoelman, jonka löysin etsiessäni kirjastosta Nnedi Okoraforin teoksia: The djinn falls in love & other stories (Solaris, 2017; ISBN 978-1-78108-416-8).



Kirjan novellit poikkeavat melkolailla toisistaan, vaikka nimellisenä teemana djinn-olennot niitä yhdistävätkin. Osa tarinoista on fantasiaa, osa hyvinkin realistisia kuvauksia esimerkiksi mielenterveysongelmista ja naisten alistetusta asemasta yhteiskunnassa.

Sisältö

The Djinn falls in love / Hermes -- The congregation / Kamila Shamsie -- How we remember you / Kuzhali Manickavel -- Hurrem and the Djinn / Claire North -- Glass lights / J.Y. Yang -- Authenticity / Monica Byrne -- Majnun / Helene Wecker -- Black powder / Maria Dahvana Headley -- A tale of ash in seven birds / Amal El-Mohtar -- The sand in the glass is right / James Smythe -- Reap / Sami Shah -- Queen of Sheba / Catherine Faris King -- The Jinn hunter's apprentice / E.J. Swift -- Message in a bottle / K.J. Parker -- Bring your own spoon / Saad Z. Hossain -- Somewhere in America / Neil Gaiman -- Duende 2077 / Jamal Mahjoub -- The righteous guide of Arabsat / Sophia Al-Maria -- The spite house / Kirsty Logan -- Emprors of Jinn / Usman T. Malik -- History / Nnedi Okorafor.

Tiivistelmä

A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers. Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. There is no part of the world that does not know them.