Not On My Skin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438255279)

In JR Alila's NOT ON MY SKIN, the all-American Harmony City is not exactly harmonious. Individualism, prejudice and arms-length neighborliness greet Ochome--an alien poet and suburbanite, who has staked out his evenings in one of the city's downtown cafes. Harmony City's peace hardly is skin deep: There is a daily stalemate at the fertility clinic, and wherever Ochome turns, he sees, hears, and constantly feels souls cursing "Not on My Skin"-- a protest mantra against nuances of prejudice he sees, hears and feels in the city café and beyond. The café crowd has a few regulars who, like most urban neighbors, remain verbally unengaged individuals. But the sense of peace is often compromised by one Alex, a man considered a mad nuisance by all, but who, in reality, is the only mirror in which Harmony City perhaps can see herself. Alex is the lone gong off which the city can hear herself, the same way a child's innocent words are the real measure of the moral quality of life in a home.

Author: Joseph R. Alila
ISBN-10: 1438255276
ISBN-13: 9781438255279
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2012
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.66d