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Heads & Tails: (Orhan Kemal Short Story Awards Prize Winner)
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Series: Paragraf Books
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ISBN13: 9798241217332
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 24 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 24 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Heads & Tails the boundaries of reality dissolve into a luminous tapestry of surrealism and magical realism, where vibrant cartoon archetypes collide with the timeless grandeur of ancient Greek deities. Zeus on one side, Mickey Mouse and Popeye on the other side, navigates the absurdities of contemporary existence in a clash but also a dance between East and West. These interlocking short stories masterfully interweave primordial legends with the ephemera of modern life, pulsing with magical energy, every page brimming with wonders. You'll linger mysteriously on the sofa before the TV, only to slip undetected inside its glow (as one protagonist dares), crafting a rare page-turner that defies the stillness of short-story collections. The intoxicating clash of mythical and cartoonish icons with richly etched modern souls ignites these tales' mesmerizing allure Heads & Tails embarks you on a luminous philosophical odyssey through the labyrinthine depths of human consciousness, societal tapestries, and the eternal enigma of mankind itself. On the contrary, it was absence... Yes, what weighed on me was the absence of something that should have been, should have been experienced. It had never occurred to me that a ring missing from its center would make the chain heavier rather than lighter.
God help us all, when I saw myself like that at the beginning of a bridge with a violin by my side, I won't lie, I was frightened. As for the man, when their eyes met, he pointed with his eyes at the change that was falling into the violin case at that moment and said:
Love is like flipping a coin; you get the head you go ahead, you get the tail you write your tale.
Then looking at the change that had fallen into the case, he finished by saying, 'It's tails.' Upon this, our fellow opened his bag and took out a book, offering it to the man. There was a picture of a mermaid on the cover. I tried to read the title of the book, but in vain... The man opened the last page of the book and read the last sentence and smiled.
Love is like flipping a coin; you get the head you go ahead, you get the tail you write your tale.
Then looking at the change that had fallen into the case, he finished by saying, 'It's tails.' Upon this, our fellow opened his bag and took out a book, offering it to the man. There was a picture of a mermaid on the cover. I tried to read the title of the book, but in vain... The man opened the last page of the book and read the last sentence and smiled.
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