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Samrat Upadhyay's thrilling new collection brings stories of thieves, lovers, political prisoners, fractured families, and of Nepali-Americans attempting to navigate the strange customs of the United States. It reaffirms Upadhyay's brilliant contributions to the international literature of exile.

The recipient of the Journey Prize and Edna Staebler Award, Heather Birrell made a splash in the literary world with her first collection, I Know You Are But What Am I? In Mad Hope, Birrell employs her keen insight into the human condition to present tales featuring a complex array of characters, including a gay man caring for a friend and a science teacher faced with a shocking request.

Journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in 1887 to investigate an insane asylum on an assignment for New York World. After getting herself committed by acting deranged, Bly uncovered the dark truth about the asylum. Patients were fed rotten food, subject to filthy living conditions, and abused by staff. Not only was this no place for the mentally ill to find treatment, Bly discovered it was the kind of place that could drive even a perfectly sane woman off the edge.

En ung kvinde vågner en tidlig morgen på Sorgenfri Station. Hun kan ikke huske noget som helst af, hvad der skete aftenen inden. Langsomt forsøger hun at optrevle aftenens begivenheder. Dromedaren er en samling noveller, der alle handler om én bestemt fest i kulturhuset DROMEDAREN, et sted i en forstad til København. Noveller kredser om tilstanden i begyndelsen af 20'erne, livet efter gymnasiet, hvor man på den ene side skal være voksen og samtidig stadig huske at nyde sin ungdom.

En hedebølge rammer Paris og kaster en forfatter ud i en omfattende krise. Alle hans måder at forstå verden på er under forandring på grund af klimakrisen, og han tvinges til at tage hele sin eksistens op til revision. Han kan ikke sove på grund af varmen, fordi uanset hvad han gør – om det er at tænde for airconditionen eller tage et koldt bad – bare øger hans energiforbrug og gør problemerne værre. For at komme væk fra varmen og hans angst, flygter han til den lille ø Porquerolles. Men er de idylliske omgivelser ved middelhavet overhovedet en flugtmulighed i det antropæcene?