Alberton North author’s book tells a love story
Alberton North author Christian Zasalu’s book aims to capture the attention of youngsters.
Christian Zasalu, who uses Chriss Zas as his pen name, takes readers back to times when social media was not involved in relationships through his love story book titled Anastasie.
Writing, which has always been his desire, became his main profession right after university; he had studied engineering, focusing on electronics.
The 30-year-old Alberton North writer is a Congolese-born writer who came to South Africa in 2012 to further his studies.
His journey of writing started while in primary school, where he began with poetry, without realising he would one day become an established author.
As he grew older, life experiences and his surrounding led him to start writing real pieces, from fiction to non-fiction. He has since published two electronic books. His most recent Anastasie takes readers through a love story.
“This is fiction. My inspiration for this love story lay on many things, like youth relationships, tough choices and various challenges among young people.
“Anastasie in itself is a story of a young lady who was previously repulsed by jumping into the pool of love or relationship based on what she heard or witnessed from other people,” he said.
According to Christian, the book’s character ended up falling for a man who was her sister’s ex-boyfriend.
“This is when the story gets intense due to the fact that she had to make a choice between listening to her sister’s advice or carry on loving the guy. My target market is everyone who loves reading, but I would like to capture the attention of young people as the core of the book is made of what young people do throughout their daily lives,” he said.
He said the benefit of the book is way beyond just a love story, but has a lesson of life in it.
“Sometimes we don’t always make things happen, sometimes we are also victims of life’s circumstances. But the most important thing is to deal with current situations with whatever we have at hand. The book was published by Ukiyoto publishing, a Canada-based company,” said Christian.
