The Tourist Butcher by Jamal Ouariachi - 9781911343301

Name: The Tourist Butcher by Jamal Ouariachi - 9781911343301
Brand: UEA Publishing Project

UEA Publishing Project

The Tourist ButcherVERZET 4\nAuthor(s): Jamal Ouariachi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: UEA Publishing Project, United Kingdom\nImprint: Strangers Press\nISBN-13: 9781911343301, 978-1911343301\nSynopsis\nTaken from his highly successful collection, these two stories take unconventional positions towards short story archetypes. The Tourist Butcher is an unflinching tale about a serial killer who prepares his victims for a culinary dish, while Memories in Aluminium Foil follows the nightmares and existential crisis of a psychology student who receives a slice of human brain in aluminium foil as a gift from his biologist roommate.\n\nIn the original Dutch collection, Ouariachi stated that his goal was to bring the short story back to the campfire, allowing his stories to hold up a mirror to the reader, rather than telling them what to achieve. These two stories, appearing in English for the first time, demonstrate his success: he has created a pair of dark, horrifying underworlds for the.