NOT ON MY SKIN
A Novel By Joseph R. Alila, ISBN 143-825527-6; EAN 13: 978-1438255279. Published by http://www.createspace.com/, An Amazon.com Company, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE from http://www.amazon.com/.
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In JR Alila's "NOT ON MY SKIN," the all-American City of Harmony is not exactly harmonious. That is the conclusion of Ochome, a poet and suburbanite, who has staked out his evenings compositing verses in the city's Oak Street Café from where the American life plays itself out before his analytical eyes. Ochome discovers that Harmony City's peace is only skin deep; wherever he turns, he sees, hears, and constantly feels souls cursing in various nuances of "not on my skin"-- a protest mantra against nuances of prejudice he sees, hears and feels in the city café and beyond. The Café crowd has a few regulars, notably the verbally-disengaged Quartet of Sam, Pierre the snoop, Ochome , and Frank. But the hero is the diabolical Alex, a man considered a mad nuisance by all, but who, in reality, is the only mirror and gong off which Harmony City perhaps can see and hear itself--the same way a child's innocent words are the real measure of the moral quality of life in a home.
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To JR Alila
ReplyDeleteI have just read some of your posts. I liked the writing style. For other aspects of the writing, I shall talk later on.
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Naval Langa
Thank you Mr. Langa.
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