Description
"Rasma hated her dreams; they made her sick - she rested best when she fell into complete silence and darkness."
Rasma is a taxi driver with a mysterious past, a mysterious present, an uncertain future, and a complex relationship with a 'double'. We follow her through a series of encounters personal and professional - some troubling, some comic, some profound - as she struggles with her sense of identity and belonging while trying to make ends meet.
From the Strangers Press pamphlet series, Bodies.
About the Author
Jurga Tumasonyte is a prose author and interviewer. Her debut short prose book, 'Dirbtine musele' (Little Artificial Fly), received the Kazimieras Barenas Literary Award. 'Undines' (Mermaids), her second collection of short stories, was nominated as one of the best books of the year and won the Jurga Ivanauskaite Literary Award as well as being listed in the Top 12 most creative books of 2019. She was awarded the Antanas Vaiciulaitis Literary Award for the short story Karalyste Kingdom and her debut novel, 'Remontas' (Renovation), was published in 2020. Her second novel, 'Naujagimiai' (Newborns), was published in 2023. Sasha Wilde (they/them) is a Lithuanian sound and performance artist, vocalist, writer and a literary translator working and living in London. They have a BA in Tibetan, and an MA in Psychosocial studies. Sasha is currently writing a memoir on being accused of witchcraft and satanism as a teenager. They are also developing new multidisciplinary work that deals with this experience, as well as moral panics more broadly.
Awards
Winner of Kazimieras Barenas Literary Award 2011.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913861742
Author Jurga Tumasonyte
Page Count 36
Imprint Strangers Press
Publisher UEA Publishing Project
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 4mm