Candy-Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars
By Inua Ellams
2011
First Published
4.06
Average Rating
44
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Candy-Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars is a document of the possibilities that walk the fine line between the real and the surreal, the mundane and the extraordinary. Contemporary culture clashes with mythology as Bruce Lee angles for space alongside Prometheus on pages where twin towers burn and yellow hues bleed into London sunsets. Yet is is also a text of the commerce of possibilities, the transformations that memory can inflict on the present, the clear light that today can cast on yesterdays. And through it all there is music - both references to music and musicians and a music of language that Inua Ellams seems to be exploring, testing, riffing on.
Avg Rating
4.06
Number of Ratings
34
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