Alindarka's Children Peter Repka to beat away the stars

to beat away the stars with his whip

all the while seeking to move towards a place of deeper reflection and stillness away from the noise and distraction of the daily business of being alive

Fiction from Kuwait presents a selection of contemporary literature from the novels and short stories of 17 Kuwaiti authors

he has published extensively in Ireland

Vivid character portraits of Aunt Alice and Cousin Sidney sit next to tributes to poet predecessors

Alindarka's Children Peter Repka to beat away the starsThe masterful English debut of Alhierd Bacharevic, a new voice from Belarus Alicia and her brother Avi are imprisoned in a camp on the edge of a forest where children are trained to forget their language through therapy, coercion, drugs, and larynx surgery. The Leid (or Belarusian language) is considered a sickness to be cured and replaced by the only pure form of language, the Lingo (Russian). A contemporary Hansel and Gretel adventure, the children