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Book SynopsisTequio in Mexico, auzolan in Basque Country, lumbung in Indonesia, ubuntu in South Africa, mutirao in Brazil - all terms used around the world to describe the concept of collective work. Bringing together 8 publishing houses and 7 writers, each writing in a different language, Lumbung Stories is a true product of communal action. From speculative essays and experimental texts to intimate stories that portray collective work as something every day and habitual, each writer presents their unique take on what a "lumbung story" is. These tales take us from olive groves in Andalusia to tiger-filled forests in Indonesia; from youths fumbling through adolescence together in the Basque country, to outsiders uniting through vibrant rituals in Sao Paulo, and from explorations of intergenerational and transhistorical struggle in South Africa, to an academic text from a society rebuilding in a post-Capitalist, post-climate-crisis future. Blurring the lines between realism and fiction, the past and the future, this unique and powerful collection brims with life and is a vital reminder of the ties that unite us all.
Table of ContentsPrologue Super Salve by Azhari Aiyub (translated by Mikael Johani) In the Shadow of Icarus by Uxue Alberdi (translated by Jonathan Rackstraw) Expandable Memory by Cristina Judar (translated by Julia Sanches) Dry and Green by Nesrine Akram Khoury (translated by Jonathan Wright) The People of North Igra by Yasnaya Elana (translated by Joshua Rackstraw) Ukuza kukaNxele Or, Time Passes by Panashe Chigumadzi WTF Are Commons? by Mithu Sanyal (translated by Lucy Jones) Authors Translators Publishers
