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trenches parallax leapfrog
'trenches parallax leapfrog' is a selection of 3 short fictions first written between 2000 and 2003 (when the author was in his early 20s) and re-edited in 2020 (in his early 40s). the stories are a culmination of an identity driven to its most absurd extremes. varied incarnations of this maniacal consciousness navigate spaces where conventions and codes are fences to be brushed up against, where the exploratory spirit fulminates against the rigors of ancient authority, and where the future is at war with the past–spaces that, even when visited in retrospect, offer no hope for solutions, but only more maddening and beautiful questions.
377 pages, Paperback
Published January 2, 2021
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Ashim Shanker
8Ìýbooks16ÌýfollowersAshim Shanker has never been, and probably isn’t yet, but certainly aspires to be. Surely, one day he MIGHT be, but there is no guarantee he WILL be. He was disappointed to find out yesterday upon waking that he still wasn’t, nor would he be for the rest of the day. But still, today has not yet passed. So we must wait and see. In the meantime, we cannot rule out the possibility, however negligible, that he will have been at some point in the distant horizon. Yet, for the present, we are still faced with the bleak and disheartening probability that he never was, nor shall ever be. Whatever comes of such confusing matters, he nonetheless appreciates the interest of the reader and apologizes in advance for any time that is sure to be wasted in pointlessly deciphering the befuddling prose of this trifling wannabe.
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