Histories of Memories

by Dasgupta, Shome

• ISBN13: 9781960215086
• ISBN10: 1960215086
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-17
• Publisher: Belle Point Press

Summary

This hybrid collection of short prose pieces and Elliott Smith-inspired illustrations carries readers along a thin thread of memory— whether their own or the author’ s past, it becomes difficult to say. Shome Dasgupta’ s latest book recalls days at the movies, family heartache, and other personal experiences through soundtracks, daydreams, and attempts to remember what lingers from the spectrums of time. Whether pondering the vulnerability of a turtle or reflecting on his own fragilities, Dasgupta’ s dreamy prose lets us into a series of fragments that depict a world broken yet beautiful. Histories of Memories is a testament to the burdens as well as the delights of our own narratives— how they keep us tied to each other whether we realize it or not.

Author Biography

Shome Dasgupta's novel The Seagull And The Urn was published by HarperCollins India, and it was republished by Hachette/Headline Accent in the UK as The Sea Singer. His experimental i am here And You Are Gone won the 2010 OW Press Fiction Contest. His books include the novels The Muu-Antiques (Malarkey Books), Tentacles Numbing (Thirty West), and Cirrus Stratus (Spuyten Duyvil), an experimental book of prose, Spectacles (word west), and a poetry collection, Iron Oxide (Assure Press). His writing has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Jabberwock Review, New Orleans Review, New Delta Review, American Book Review, Arkansas Review, Magma Poetry, and elsewhere. His fiction and poetry have also been anthologized in Best Small Fictions, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and Poetic Voices Without Borders 2. His work has been featured as a storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story, and his stories and poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, Best Of The Net, Best Microfiction, and the Orison Anthology. He lives in Lafayette, LA, and can be found online at shomedome.com and @laughingyeti.