{"product_id":"happy-stories-mostly-by-norman-erikson-pasaribu","title":"Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773654430267_381\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated from Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePlayful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve stories that queer the norm. Inspired by Simone Weil’s concept of ‘decreation’, and often drawing on Batak and Christian cultural elements, these tales put queer characters in situations and plots conventionally filled by hetero characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe stories talk to each other, echo phrases and themes, and even shards of stories within other stories, passing between airports, stacks of men’s lifestyle magazines and memories of Toy Story 3, such that each one almost feels like a puzzle piece of a larger whole, but with crucial facts – the saddest ones, the happiest ones – omitted, forgotten, unbearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA blend of science fiction, absurdism and alternative-historical realism, Happy Stories, Mostly is a powerful puff of fresh air, aimed at destabilising the heteronormative world and exposing its underlying absences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 2 Dec 2021, Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911284635\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 150 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57127545897342,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781911284635.jpg?v=1773654535","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/happy-stories-mostly-by-norman-erikson-pasaribu","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}