Steven Edmund Winduo demonstrates his ability as a writer in this collection of
short stories. The collection captures the changing social, cultural, and
political landscapes of Papua New Guinea.The collection is a blend of published
and unpublished short stories. The stories cover journeys people make from
their unperturbed societies to ones in constant negotiation with change. These
stories blend lived experience with imagined ones among Papua New Guineans.The
book highlights the sometimes uncomfortable relationships and challenges
emerging in different sociocultural encounters. One major them runs through all
stories in this collection: Mask. People wear different masks to view
themselves and other. People have different opinions and views when viewing a
mask from outside of a mask. People choose to wear a painted mask or an
unpainted one.Steven Edmund Winduo is a senior lecturer in Literature and
English Communication at the University of Papua New Guinea.
