In/Spectre 15

In/Spectre 15
Author: Chashiba Katase
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684911036

THE KIRIN’S CURSE A deadly incident in the mountains claims the lives of three victims and leaves one fighting for his life. As Kotoko and Kurô prepare to investigate the involvement of a vengeful giraffe spirit, who should they find at the scene but the elusive Rikka Sakuragawa! Though the trio agree to cooperate on the case, Kotoko can’t help but wonder what Rikka may have in store...

In/Spectre 12

In/Spectre 12
Author: Chashiba Katase
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1646594053

ANY LAST WORDS? As Rikka continues her solitary journey, she makes the acquaintance of one of Kotoko’s high school friends, who reminisces fondly of their days in the Mystery Appreciation Club theorizing about dying messages. Meanwhile, a snow demoness has a request for Kotoko, hoping the revered Goddess of Wisdom can find a way to exonerate her human friend of some very serious charges…

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Publisher: Editions Bréal
Total Pages: 416
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ISBN: 2749520614

The Fence

The Fence
Author: Bill Morales
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595178200

"Whether one has served in the Southeast Asia conflict [Vietnam], observed it from afar, or read of those turbulent times, Bill Morales' historical treatment in his fictional account, titled The Fence, makes for exciting reading. He has blended personal knowledge and experience with commendable research, and has produced a good read for airmen and non-military alike." Hugh L. Cox III, Major General, USAF [Ret] Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command [1988-90] "The Fence is a hard-hitting and accurate account of the heroism of the brave airmen that flew the AC-130 Spectre Gunship during the Vietnam War. A must read selection for Special Operations enthusiasts." Hugh Hunter, Colonel, USAF [Ret] Commander 1st Special Operations "A strong, heartfelt novel, written with emotion and conviction; a novel of war and memory-a new voice, well worth hearing and certain to have a cross-over audience." Oscar Hijuelos-Pulitzer Prize Winning Author "From the melancholy of a one-night stand to the tension of a combat mission and the emptiness at the loss of a fellow warrior, The Fence captures true emotions of men and women trapped in the nightmare of war. Look elsewhere if it is superhero fiction you want because The Fence explores the feelings of real people. As one who was there, The Fence quickly transported me back to memories of joy and sadness I may never experience again." Stu Thompson, Colonel, USAF [Ret] Former AC-130 Pilot, Ubon, Thailand [1972-73] "Sensitive, filled with emotion. Morales forces us to remember the Vietnam enigma through Latino eyes. A war fought by so many, on both sides of The Fence " Piri Thomas-Author, Down These Mean Streets

Figures of Radical Absence

Figures of Radical Absence
Author: Alexandra-Ecaterina Irimia
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2023-10-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3111150585

Although post-structuralism has highlighted the importance of what is offstage, lost, forgotten, hidden or discarded, silent or silenced, the poetics and politics of absence (much like its ethics and aesthetics) have rarely been discussed across media or disciplines. The book conceptualizes 'radical absence' to describe a certain tradition of resistance to ontology, predication, and representation, contesting their reliance on a metaphysics of presence. Apophatic speech, empty signifiers, and figural voids are some of the figures through which radical absence becomes apparent, with unprecedented intensity, in 20th-century theory, literature, film, and the arts. Phantasmatic and outrageous, such figures play with creative strategies of de-materialization, irony, and other forms of discursive undoing. Therefore, absence becomes more than a simple theme; it reflects back on the medium and the meaning-making conditions under which it operates. Elusive and imprecise as an object of study, absence is in need of more subtle and flexible epistemological frameworks. The author proposes to think it not only as a counter-concept for presence, but also - perhaps more productively - as infinite spacing, deferral, fragmentation, and displacement.