Love in Colour
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CAPTIVATING LOVE STORIES CELEBRATED AND RETOLDTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND GLOBAL HITAs seen on BBC2 Between the Covers'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a star.' MEG CABOT'Here is love as freedom, love as deep joy. Romance will never be dead, as long as Bolu is writing it.' JESSIE BURTONBolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist in our world. A high-born Nigerian goddess feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen.A young businesswoman attempts to make a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life.A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether to uphold her family's politics, or to be true to her heart.Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the characters in these vibrant stories try to navigate this most complex human emotion and understand why it holds them hostage.Moving exhilaratingly across perspectives, continents and genres, from the historic to the vividly current, Love in Colour is a celebration of romance in all of its forms.PRAISE FOR LOVE IN COLOUR:'Captivating.' Vice'Smart and joyful, witty and heartbreaking.' Stylist'Epic.' Bustle'Vibrant.' Refinery29 'Brilliant and beautiful.' Net-a-Porter
CONTRIBUTORS: Bolu Babalola
EAN: 9781472268884
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 216 g
HEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Headline Publishing Group
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GENRE: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Book Themes:
World, Valentine’s Day / Lovers’ days, Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Short stories, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)
If you're tired of conventional love stories, 'Love in Colour' is a captivating collection of love stories inspired by Greek mythology and Nigerian folklore.
Bolu Babalola is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling and Waterstones Book of the year shortlisted collection, Love in Colour. She is a London-based writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4thEstate's B4ME competition for her short story 'Netflix & Chill', a hilarious teen romance and since then, she has worked as a writer for books and TV and as a cultural commentator, where she calls herself a 'romcomoisseur'.
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CAPTIVATING LOVE STORIES CELEBRATED AND RETOLDTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND GLOBAL HITAs seen on BBC2 Between the Covers'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a star.' MEG CABOT'Here is love as freedom, love as deep joy. Romance will never be dead, as long as Bolu is writing it.' JESSIE BURTONBolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist in our world. A high-born Nigerian goddess feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen.A young businesswoman attempts to make a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life.A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether to uphold her family's politics, or to be true to her heart.Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the characters in these vibrant stories try to navigate this most complex human emotion and understand why it holds them hostage.Moving exhilaratingly across perspectives, continents and genres, from the historic to the vividly current, Love in Colour is a celebration of romance in all of its forms.PRAISE FOR LOVE IN COLOUR:'Captivating.' Vice'Smart and joyful, witty and heartbreaking.' Stylist'Epic.' Bustle'Vibrant.' Refinery29 'Brilliant and beautiful.' Net-a-Porter
CONTRIBUTORS: Bolu Babalola
EAN: 9781472268884
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 216 g
HEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Headline Publishing Group
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
WIDTH: 130 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
World, Valentine’s Day / Lovers’ days, Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Short stories, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)
Bolu Babalola is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling and Waterstones Book of the year shortlisted collection, Love in Colour. She is a London-based writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4thEstate's B4ME competition for her short story 'Netflix & Chill', a hilarious teen romance and since then, she has worked as a writer for books and TV and as a cultural commentator, where she calls herself a 'romcomoisseur'.
