Bøger af Samuel Perry

Royce didn't do anything to deserve the hand he was dealt in life, after all, it's not his fault that he wasn't the firstborn in his family.Thanks to a growing population, and lack of room on the planet, changes had to made to free up some space. One of which is having multiple children comes with a price tag most families can't afford, and that's where The Academy comes in. Should your family be one of the many who can't afford the fines associated with having multiple children, they will step in and pay your fines, but in doing so your child becomes their property. The Academy promises to take care of your child and raise them to be a model citizen until the child's eighteenth birthday. Of course, there is a catch. Once the child turns eighteen they must fight for their freedom by battling to the death in gladiator style combat on the world's most popular television show, "The Arena".Royce is a member of class 2137. In the eighteen years spent in The Academy leading up to fighting in the arena, he is trained both mentally and physically. Classes range from hand to hand combat, to weapons and psychological training. He didn't ask for this, none of the children raised there did, but Royce has no choice but to do his best to prepare himself for the rough road ahead. He's already seventeen, so he knows that he must make the most of what little time he has left before his life is on the line.

"Selections from the past hundred years of queer Korean literature. Following decades of activism for LGBTQ+ rights, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Openly queer or transgender writers such as Kim Bi, Sang Young Park, and Yi Seoyoung are now receiving national and international attention. But the rich variety of queer Korean writing also extends into the past, as the nine stories in this volume show. Beginning with contemporary works of fiction by Kim, Park, and Yi and reaching back through the last century, this collection places expressions of queerness in historical and cultural context. It explores the sometimes problematic norms found in the stories and also considers the potential these texts hold for destabilizing binaries of sex and gender. Featuring works by the canonical authors Yi Kwangsu, Yi Kiyæong, Ch'oe Chæonghæui, and O Chæonghæui and works by Yu Sæungjin and Kim Sunyæong that have been recovered from archives, this collection reflects the diversity of modern Korean literature.This volume contains the following works: "Yundo Is Back" (2017), "My Queer Year of Junior High" (2016), "Saltwater Baths" (2006), "Traditional Solo" (1970), "Struggling amid This Despair" (1965), "Spring" (1950), selections from the novel Spring (1940), "Dear Sister, I'm Off to the Moon" (1933), and "Yun Kwangho" (1918)"--