Love in Colour - Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

Zusatztext If you're tired of conventional love stories, ' Love in Colour' is a captivating collection of love stories inspired by Greek mythology and Nigerian folklore. Informationen zum Autor Bolu Babalola is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling and Waterstones Book of the year shortlisted collection, Love in Colour . She is a London-based writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4thEstate's B4ME competition for her short story 'Netflix & Chill', a hilarious teen romance and since then, she has worked as a writer for books and TV and as a cultural commentator, where she calls herself a 'romcomoisseur'. Klappentext A high-born Nigerian goddess is feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts to make a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life. A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether to uphold her family's politics, or to be true to her heart. Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the character's in Bolu Babalola's vibrant stories face up to and navigate this most complex human emotion and try to capture it's intangible essence. Bolu takes a step in decolonising tropes of love and creates new stories inspired by the wildly beautiful and astonishingly diverse tales of romance and desire that already exist in so many communities and cultures. Transporting across continents and perspectives, this collection shows that humanity - like love - comes in technicolour. Zusammenfassung Love stories that truly represent the world we live in; celebrated and retold in this unique collection, by debut author Bolu Babalola.

Product details

• Authors: Bolu Babalola
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781472274823
• ISBN: 978-1-4722-7482-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, World, Adult & contemporary romance, Fantasy Romance, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Romance / Collections & Anthologies, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Folklore, myths & legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, Folklore, myths and legends, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Valentine’s Day / Lovers’ days, Valentine’s Day