The Infinite Library and Other Stories - Softcover

Ocampo, Victor Fernando R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999451456 ISBN 13: 9780999451458

Publisher: Gaudy Boy, LLC, 2021

Synopsis

A commanding force for Southeast Asian speculative fiction, THE INFINITE LIBRARY AND OTHER STORIES reimagines the pasts, presents, and futures of Filipinos and the world around them.

This first North American edition features a never-before-anthologized story.

"Fantastic and lyrical, like glimpses into the infinite potential of the universe."--Ken Liu, author of THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES

Shortlisted for the 2018 International Rubery Book Award.

Making his North American debut, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo in The Infinite Library and Other Stories shows why Southeast Asian speculative fiction is a force to be reckoned with.

From a mysteriously timeless interior of a map shop to a space elevator thousands of miles away from the metropole, these 18 stories masterfully straddle manifold layers of Filipino history, identity, and mythology, reconstructing the past and conjuring new futures for the nation and region at large. Ocampo's transnational consciousness brilliantly navigates class, colonialism, and gender in formal experimentations of winning ingenuity. Threaded by the motif of libraries and books, this deliciously enigmatic and labyrinthine collection showcases the infinite power of imagination to mend and make anew.

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About the Author

Victor Fernando R. Ocampo is the author of the International Rubery Book Award-shortlisted The Infinite Library and Other Stories. Ocampo is a fellow at the Milford Science Fiction Writers' Conference in the UK and the Cinemalaya Ricky Lee Film Scriptwriting Workshop in the Philippines, as well as a Jalan Besar writer-in-residence at Sing Lit Station in Singapore. Originally from the Philippines, Victor currently resides in Singapore.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gaudy Boy, LLC
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999451456
• ISBN 13: 9780999451458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306