Aletheia Publishing is proud to announce the release of the second title under its Aletheia Literary Series entitled Proclivities: Stories from Kidapawan by Karlo Galay David.
The book is a collection of short stories that explore the author's fascination with the peculiar manifestations of trauma and the complex psychology of the Modern Mindanao Settler condition:
A woman who inflicts the pain of Mindanao history on herself as a way of remembering – taking on a bizarre tradition of assuming the identity of someone who died over a century ago;
An artist who lives a precisely choreographed life to fight his insecurities and the ennui of his hometown;
A man who returns to Kidapawan after decades of being away to look for his lost dog;
A college professor who suddenly has to deal with the disruptive prospect of a relationship after living a life of routine and order;
A son of a rubber tapper from rural Kidapawan who finds himself in Singapore to let go of a childhood love;
A man who relieves his past traumas by listening to the music he has associated with them;
An aging philologist who is trying to decipher the journal of his mysterious ancestor;
A young man who teaches himself to draw sexual gratification from the sight of death as a response to severe bullying;
Drawing heavily from his hometown, author Karlo Galay David deftly captures the deterioration and recovery of characters who were rendered victims of their own histories. Each tale is brilliantly complemented by the hypnotic artwork of fellow Mindanawon artist Raffael David Westram, whose black and white illustrations playfully invite viewers to analyze them like psychometric inkblots.
The book is now available for Php599. You may order via this link:
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