This anthology by an up-and-coming comics superstar, which centers queer and trans South Asian narratives, is precisely what we need right now." -Them "Som has created a collection of short stories that dance between genres and identities, moving from incisive descriptions of modern social realities to poetic ruminations on the future. Showcasing a series of fraught, darkly humorous, and seemingly alien worlds-which ring all too familiar-Som captures the weight of twenty-first-century life as we hurl ourselves forward into the unknown.Īn astonishing collection of stories that expand and pulse into galaxy-sized moments of strangeness and wonder. Painted in rich, sepia-toned watercolors, Apsara Engine is Bishakh Som's highly anticipated debut work of fiction. Imagining diverse futures and rewriting old mythologies, these comics delve into strange architectures, fetishism, and heartbreak. A woman drowns herself in a past affair, a tourist chases another guest into an unforeseen past, and a nonbinary academic researches postcolonial cartography. The eight delightfully eerie stories in Apsara Engine are a subtle intervention into everyday reality. Winner of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Comicsįinalist for the 2021 Ferro-Grumley Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction Winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics
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