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ACCORDING to critic and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva, abjection involves either a confrontation with our sense of physical being or a separation between the self and a rejected “other.” Objects of revulsion can be tangible, such as faeces and bodily fluids, but some forms of dread are abstract and ambiguous.
The New Abject collection of horror stories draws on the broad nature of Kristeva’s definition, which has inspired a loosely related set of tales that deal with the things that make us shudder and retch.
There are science-fictional dystopias, traditional hauntings, tales of body horror, social realism and surreal satire. And, as is customary for Comma Press, there is a blend of new talent and established storytellers.
The familiar Amazonian preview called ‘Look Inside’ gets a storefront cousin from Jellybooks Discovery, using QR codes to offer samples.
710 Bookseller Rebecca Chatwell at Blackwell’s Broad Street store in Oxford trying out Jellybooks’ QR code ‘peek inside’ book preview app called Discovery. Image: Jellybook
QR Codes Put ‘Peek Inside’ on the High Street
Almost 20 years ago, in the autumn of 2001, articles were moving about something called “Look Inside the Book” on Amazon.com. “With thanks to publishers plus a healthy dose of innovation we’ve created an even better way to showcase books online,” said Jeff Bezos in a squib published at
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The Book of Ramallah
About this Event
Join Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and Comma Press for a journey to Ramallah, as we reflect on the latest title in Comma’s series on ‘Reading the City’.
Edited by Beirut-born, Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayat, who lives in Jerusalem and works in Ramallah, this anthology explores the city in all its countless contradictions. The Book of Ramallah features stories from ten established and emerging Palestinian writers, including Anas Abu Rahma, Liana Badr, Khaled Hourani and Ahmad Jaber.
Ramallah is the cultural, commercial and governmental hub of the West Bank and the stories explore its defiance in resistance against the occupying forces, alongside its frustration and division by its secrets and conservatism. Characters fall in love, have affairs, poke fun at the heavy military presence, but also see their aspirations cut short, their lives eaten into, their morale beaten down by the daily humiliations of the conflict. Through humou