Shadow Play: Ten Tales from the In-between
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Publisher Description
Shadow Play: Ten Tales from the In-between is a collection of fantastical and interconnected stories written by Asian-American author, Sarina Dahlan.
At first glance the characters may appear unrelated: A girl living with a silent grandmother in World War II-era Bangkok, a septuagenarian writing his memoir in upstate New York, a kampong witch doctor, the residents of a rundown hotel in the Tenderloin district, lost souls in Central Park. Yet, they are all connected by a karmic web across time.
By turns unexpected, funny, heartbreaking, and horrifying, this debut collection is an excursion into the strange and the magical hidden in the mundane. A fusion of the realistic and the supernatural that explores the concept of self by those stuck in-between.
SHADOW PLAY
A thirteen-year-old girl's anti-coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of WWII Bangkok.
Bangkok, Thailand, 1942
GLIMMER GLASS
A retired war journalist struggles to write a memoir.
Cooperstown, U.S.A., 2001
THE WITCH DOCTOR
A fifteen-year-old girl finds hope through a neighborhood healer during a great flood.
Bangkok, Thailand, 1942
CALL ME BLUE
A young woman from a small California desert town tells a story about her magical grandmother.
California Desert, U.S.A., 1994
LOVE ME, TENDER
Residents of a rundown hotel in the Tenderloin District search for a beloved fortune teller who has mysteriously gone missing.
San Francisco, U.S.A., 1998
GHOST MOON
A woman employs an unorthodox method to find an anchor in the aftermath of loss.
New York City, U.S.A., 2018
DUST BOUND
A man's path to self-discovery through a mysterious handwriting in an old book.
Bangkok, Thailand, 2017
THE WOMAN IN THE GARDEN
A photographer attempts to prove the existence of a woman no one believes is real.
San Diego, U.S.A., 2011
THE BENCH
A bizarre and unexpected gathering of lost souls in Central Park.
New York City, U.S.A., 2026
*Silver Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future, 3rd Quarter 2018
JASMINE WATER
Where it all began.
Bangkok, Siam, 1904
Customer Reviews
Enjoy the ride!!
Through this book you will travel into the world of magic, spirits combined with human struggles that we all can relate to or get a glimpse of demons others might deal with but you will definitely enjoy the ride, one short story after the other, all tied in together...
I loved this collection!
Very well written with themes exploring grief, loss and even bigotry. This book is great for someone who enjoys a great story but can’t commit to a novel. I think it would also be a great gift.