“Lights On Water”

Title“Lights On Water”
Year for Search2014
AuthorsDila, Dilman(b. 1977)
Secondary AuthorsMartin, Will, and Phan, Kat
Secondary TitleThe Short Anthology: Fiction From Photography. The First Issue
Pagination33-52
Date Published[2014]
PublisherPtd. by Ditto Press
Place PublishedNp
KeywordsMale author, Ugandan author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia in which everyone lives in an enclosed city. The protagonist, an artist, is given permission to go outside to paint and uses the opportunity to create a subversive work showing his daughter happily swimming with other happy people.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his A Killing in the Sun (Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa: Black Letter Media, 2014), 86-106.

Info Notes

All the stories in the book were written in response to photographs by Joe Nigel Coleman that are included in the book. 

Illustration

 All the stories in the book were written in response to photographs by Joe Nigel Coleman that are included in the book. 

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Ugandan author. (b. 1977)

Full Text

2014 Dila, Dilman (b. 1977). “Lights On Water.” The Short Anthology: Fiction From Photography. The First Issue. Ed. Will Martin and Kat Phan (Np: Ptd. by Ditto Press, [2014]), 33-52. All the stories in the book were written in response to photographs by Joe Nigel Coleman that are included in the book. Rpt. in his A Killing in the Sun (Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa: Black Letter Media, 2014), 86-106. PSt

Authoritarian dystopia in which everyone lives in an enclosed city. The protagonist, an artist, is given permission to go outside to paint and uses the opportunity to create a subversive work showing his daughter happily swimming with other happy people. Ugandan author.