Love in Colour- Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

Product Description THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.' Candice Carty-Williams'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a star.' Meg CabotBolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist in our world. A high-born Nigerian goddess feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen.A young businesswoman attempts to make a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life.A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether to uphold her family's politics, or to be true to her heart.Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the characters in these vibrant stories try to navigate this most complex human emotion and understand why it holds them hostage.Moving exhilaratingly across perspectives, continents and genres, from the historic to the vividly current, Love in Colour is a celebration of romance in all of its forms.'Here is love as freedom, love as deep joy. Romance will never be dead, as long as Bolu is writing it.' Jessie Burton Review If you're tired of conventional love stories, ' Love in Colour' is a captivating collection of love stories inspired by Greek mythology and Nigerian folklore. ― Melan magazine Book Description Love stories that truly represent the world we live in; celebrated and retold in this unique collection, by debut author Bolu Babalola. From the Back Cover 'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a star.' Meg CabotA high-born Nigerian goddess is feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen.A criminal lord finds herself swept up in a love that could threaten the entire dynasty she has built, and those she protects within it.A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether to uphold her family's politics, or to be true to her heart.Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the character's in Bolu Babalola's vibrant stories face up to and navigate this most complex human emotion and try to capture it's intangible essence. Babalola creates new stories inspired by the wildly beautiful and astonishingly diverse tales of romance and desire that already exist in so many communities and cultures.Join Bolu Babalola and love deeply, love honestly but most importantly: Love in Colour.'Smart and joyful, witty and heartbreaking.' Stylist'Captivating.' Vice'Epic.' Bustle'A joyful, brilliant collection that you'll want to read again and again.' Dorothy Koomson About the Author Bolu Babalola is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling and Waterstones Book of the year shortlisted collection, Love in Colour. She is a London-based writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4thEstate's B4ME competition for her short story 'Netflix & Chill', a hilarious teen romance and since then, she has worked as a writer for books and TV and as a cultural commentator, where she calls herself a 'romcomoisseur'.