{"product_id":"vernacular-dreams-9781922749956","title":"Vernacular Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Angelo Loukakis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ligature Untapped\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ligature Untapped\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Loukakis writes in a style that might be described as chromatic realism ... \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe stories are very finely crafted indeed.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Paul Salzman, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shopkeeper's son rails at his ailing father. A radio announcer's daughter returns to her country hometown. A trouser salesman joins a small rebellion. And a metaphysical explorer struggles with the nature of islands and their islands ... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are stories of velodromes and mixed businesses, of cultures old and new, and of ordinary aspirations and their devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVernacular Dreams \u003c\/em\u003ebuilds on the themes of Angelo Loukakis's award-winning collection \u003cem\u003eFor the Patriarch\u003c\/em\u003e with its stories of identity and alienation, hope and nostalgia, longing and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46318882062487,"sku":"9781922749956","price":1281.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781922749956.webp?v=1768682358","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/vernacular-dreams-9781922749956","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}