Kingdom of Alt

Jack Ross

 

This is a book of short fiction, divided in two parts:

1. - Short Stories: "Marginalia" [7 stories] Trauma: Journal Haiku Diary The Isle of the Cross The Purloined Letter Notes found inside a text of Bisclavret Finding His Stash Before the Disaster 2. - Novella: 'Coursebook found in a Warzone'

"You'll all have your own story about how you first encountered the magic kingdom of Alt. As a teenager growing up in the depths of the Auckland suburbs, I believe that discovery saved my life." - Roger Horrocks, launch speech for *Monkey Miss Her Now* (24/10/04)

Is writing about staying on the sidelines, or getting involved - marginal observation, or "skyline operations" (Auden)? This book offers a series of takes on the possibility of a truly engaged literature. Not all the conclusions it comes to are entirely pessimistic. (J.R.)

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ISBN 978-1-877441-15-8