Author Description

"This story takes you to Sanjania, an island nation whose citizens draw upon the English, American, Australian, and Canadian literary traditions. Marche has compiled this anthology, guiding the reader from the rough-and-tumble pamphlets of 1870s Sanjania up to the extraordinary longing of the writings of the modern-day Sanjanian Diaspora. These works develop into a Rashomon-like story, introducing us to illustrious Sanjanian figures such as the repentant prostitute Pigeon Blackhat and the magically talented couple Caesar and Endurance." "The result is an evocation of a fictional country - from the birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular, to its revolutionary years, and all the way to the present."--BOOK JACKET.