Love and Other Rituals: Selected Stories
Country: Philippines
Author Name: Monica Macansantos
Publisner Name: Grattan Street Press
Original Language: English
A man imprisoned by taboo learns the price of love.
A child visits the grave of a cousin she's never met; another absorbs the fallout of her parents' divorce.
Friendships rupture beyond repair, and family members collide when it comes to caring for their ageing father.
These vivid stories of yearning, loneliness and resilience navigate the naivety of childhood, the complications of young adulthood and the politics of marriage.
Monica Macansantos is a powerful new voice bringing us the raw and darkly beautiful perspectives of characters lost both in and out of their homeland, the Philippines.