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Mike Stoner

    Mike Stoner čerpá inspiraci pro své psaní z rozmanitých životních zkušeností, které získal při práci v mnoha odvětvích, od prodejce zmrzliny po policistu a učitele angličtiny. Tato cesta mu umožnila prozkoumat svět, zejména Indonésii, která se stala klíčovou inspirací pro jeho debutový román. V dospělosti získal magisterský titul z tvůrčího psaní, což podtrhuje jeho oddanost řemeslu. Jeho díla se vyznačují autentickým pohledem na svět a osobitým stylem, který rezonuje s čtenáři.

    Jalan Jalan
    • 2016

      Jalan Jalan

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
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      **Winner of The Guardian London's Self-published Book of the Month Award** "What sort of idiot takes a job after a five minute phone interview, in a country he knows nothing much about and on the other side of the world, in a school he's never heard of?" Newbie is on the run. From England. From the past. From memories of his dead girlfriend, Laura. Indonesia is as good a place as any to reinvent himself—cheap beer, exotic landscapes, a beautiful Indonesian girlfriend, and a bunch of misfit mate all masquerading as English teachers. Jalan Jalan. "Just walking. Out for a stroll." It's a local phrase that sums up Newbie's quest for emotional detachment, to block out the pain of the past. But Laura won't leave him alone—her ghost haunts him, her voice fills his head, her gaze follows him everywhere. It will take a breakdown and an exorcism at the hands of an Indonesian shaman to make Newbie realize that the events of the past might not always be what they seem…

      Jalan Jalan