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Despite the title, this is a book definitely NOT for children. Here are 21 adult short stories from one of Spain's most accomplished and brilliant writers. Robert Rahula delivers a dazzling collection of contemporary "portilla" short stories - that writing style that interweaves graphic sexual detail, existential philosophy, wry political commentary, and intricate dreamlike plots. A large talking bear waxes philosophical on the nature of evil while eating pancakes. Scientists work together mapping the Higgs Boson particle while secretly plotting the seduction of each others' wives. A man joins…mehr

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Despite the title, this is a book definitely NOT for children. Here are 21 adult short stories from one of Spain's most accomplished and brilliant writers. Robert Rahula delivers a dazzling collection of contemporary "portilla" short stories - that writing style that interweaves graphic sexual detail, existential philosophy, wry political commentary, and intricate dreamlike plots. A large talking bear waxes philosophical on the nature of evil while eating pancakes. Scientists work together mapping the Higgs Boson particle while secretly plotting the seduction of each others' wives. A man joins the Bad Luck Club and learns the ultimate method for changing his luck. A lover of Thai ladyboys confronts the nature of desire. Pay phones that connect to God. Forbidden pleasures in a crematorium. A duck walks into a bar. All this and more in this wonderful new collection.
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Autorenporträt
Robert Rahula was born in Spain to an American father and Spanish mother, but grew up in Virginia on the farm of his paternal grandparents. He returned to Menorca, Spain, in the 1960's to pursue his writing career. Over the past fifty years, he has published dozens of books or prose and poetry in Spain and in the United States. Readings of his poems appear on his YouTube channel, his Facebook page, and his website robertrahula.com.