Introducing "Laut: Stories" - a debut collection of thirteen speculative fiction tales by local Filipina and Palanca Award-winning author, Sigrid Marianne Gayangos. This book takes readers on a journey through the interstices of the city and seaside, where land lovers and sea dwellers coexist and interact in ways that blur the boundaries between reality and imagination.
Through Gayangos' masterful storytelling, encounters with the impossible and the rational are documented in a way that will leave you in awe. These stories are not just about the magic that can neither be calculated nor tamed, but also about the forces that exist gloriously in the physicality of water, forever outside the limits of human knowledge.
In the Malayo-Polynesian language of seafarers, laut is the name for the ocean. This book brings readers back to the primal waters of the imagination, where humans and more-than-humans coexist in stories that instill a deep sense of wonder and a reminder of our smallness. Gayangos' praise of the seas and oceans as a life-giving world that we too often take for granted will make you want to become a better steward of this water planet.
"Laut: Stories" offers both delight and provocation, delivered with a confident hand. With this book, Gayangos steps up to lead the charge for the next generation of writers.
This book is perfect for ecowarriors who want to celebrate and support local talent while immersing themselves in stories that remind us of our interconnectedness with nature. Join us in our #LocalLoveSummer campaign and get your hands on a copy of "Laut: Stories" today.
Praise for "Laut: Stories:"
"The rational and the impossible thrive together in the tales that Sigrid Gayangos weaves in Laut: Stories, a book that is as important for its setting and philosophy as for its exquisite writing." - Anna Felicia Sanchez, Pics or It Didn’t Happen and Actual Stories
"Sigrig Marianne Gayangos’s debut collection of speculative fiction showcases the interplay of imagination and political consciousness—and in that fertile space, Laut: Stories offers both delight and provocation, delivered with a confident hand." - Dean Francis Alfar, Salamanca
"To read each of these stories with care is to joyfully say yes!" - Marjorie Evasco, Skin of Water
Through Gayangos' masterful storytelling, encounters with the impossible and the rational are documented in a way that will leave you in awe. These stories are not just about the magic that can neither be calculated nor tamed, but also about the forces that exist gloriously in the physicality of water, forever outside the limits of human knowledge.
In the Malayo-Polynesian language of seafarers, laut is the name for the ocean. This book brings readers back to the primal waters of the imagination, where humans and more-than-humans coexist in stories that instill a deep sense of wonder and a reminder of our smallness. Gayangos' praise of the seas and oceans as a life-giving world that we too often take for granted will make you want to become a better steward of this water planet.
"Laut: Stories" offers both delight and provocation, delivered with a confident hand. With this book, Gayangos steps up to lead the charge for the next generation of writers.
This book is perfect for ecowarriors who want to celebrate and support local talent while immersing themselves in stories that remind us of our interconnectedness with nature. Join us in our #LocalLoveSummer campaign and get your hands on a copy of "Laut: Stories" today.
Praise for "Laut: Stories:"
"The rational and the impossible thrive together in the tales that Sigrid Gayangos weaves in Laut: Stories, a book that is as important for its setting and philosophy as for its exquisite writing." - Anna Felicia Sanchez, Pics or It Didn’t Happen and Actual Stories
"Sigrig Marianne Gayangos’s debut collection of speculative fiction showcases the interplay of imagination and political consciousness—and in that fertile space, Laut: Stories offers both delight and provocation, delivered with a confident hand." - Dean Francis Alfar, Salamanca
"To read each of these stories with care is to joyfully say yes!" - Marjorie Evasco, Skin of Water