A Greater Kingdom

'Why has there never been a King of all the World?' From this question follows a fable of foolishness, realisation and redemption. A Greater Kingdom is a short tale of growing up and discovering what is important in life.When Concetta Pianto sang her Il dolce suono, the people on Bokeem slowed to listen. But no one ever asked why she sang so often. “Nor did they query the vibrant bruises, tracked downward from her face to her limbs.” Background Music is a woman’s story of societal denial and private suffering—though the pain is not Concetta’s alone. There are others. A cross-dressing teen, a dutiful wife, and a mutt named Red-eyed Blue suffer, too. But no one ever asks—Why?