ASIATIESE KORTVERHALE

Written by Owen Jones

Narrated by Dini Steyn

Asiatiese Kortverhale, deur nege outeurs, het elk ‘n Asiaat of speel af in Asië as hoof agtergrond.

Asiatiese Kortverhale het gebeur as gevolg van ‘n reeks gebeure een naweek in Mei 2015. ‘n Vriend het my vertel dat hy verskeie kort stories met Asië as agtergrond het, ek het genoem dat ek ook ‘n paar stories het, nog ‘n vriend het my ‘n epos gestuur dat hy ‘n kort verhaal oor Pattaya wil skryf, en een van my Thai niggies het vir my haar nuutste foto gestuur, die een op die voorblad van die bundel.

Dit was asof iemand iets vir my probeer vertel het, of ‘n klomp het in elk geval.

Die negentien stories deur nege outeurs in hierdie bundel was almal in een maand na my gestuur, maar verskil net soveel soos hulle outeurs. Die stipulasie was dat Asië of ‘n Asiaat moes sterk na vore kom in die storie. Ons het stories met Kambodja, Sjina, Laos, Maleisië, Pakistan, Thailand, die VSA en Vietnam.

• Language: Afrikaans
• Publisher: Tektime
• Release date: Jul 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9788835440833

Owen Jones

Author Owen Jones, from Barry, South Wales, came to writing novels relatively recently, although he has been writing all his adult life. He has lived and worked in several countries and travelled in many, many more. He speaks, or has spoken, seven languages fluently and is currently learning Thai, since he lived in Thailand with his Thai wife of ten years. "It has never taken me long to learn a language," he says, "but Thai bears no relationship to any other language I have ever studied before." When asked about his style of writing, he said, "I'm a Celt, and we are Romantic. I believe in reincarnation and lots more besides in that vein. Those beliefs, like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around', Fate and Karma are central to my life, so they are reflected in my work'. His first novel, 'Daddy's Hobby' from the series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya' has become the classic novel on Pattaya bar girls and has been followed by six sequels. However, his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a young teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. After fifteen years of travelling, Owen and his wife are now back in his home town. He sums up his style as: "I write about what I see... or think I see... or dream... and in the end, it's all the same really..."