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Her Body And Other Parties
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Her Body And Other Parties
'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable.' - Roxane Gay - Demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism.
A prize-winning, genre-bending collection of short stories which has already achieved cult status
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Shortlisted for the National Book Award Fiction Prize 2017
Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism.
A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague spreads across the earth. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery about a store's dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted house guest.
A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.
'A writer of rare daring ... there's a ragged glory to the stories' formal experimentation and erotic fearlessness, and the gusto with which they reinvent horror, SF and fairytale tropes.' — Guardian
'A love letter to an obstinate genre that won't be gentrified. It's a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror ...' — New York Times
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Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties is praised for its blend of weird, dark, and erotic elements, capturing the alienation of womanhood with originality. Critics highlight its daring formal experimentation, erotic fearlessness, and the reinvention of horror, science fiction, and fairy tale tropes. The collection stands out for its distinctive voice and masterful storytelling, earning comparisons to celebrated authors like Shirley Jackson and Margaret Atwood, while also being noted for its provocative fabulism and feminist themes.
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ISBN: 9781781259535
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 January 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Carmen Maria Machado is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Guernica, Electric Literature, The Paris Review, AGNI, NPR, Gulf Coast, Los Angeles Review of Books, VICE, and elsewhere.
She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the CINTAS Foundation, the Speculative Literature Foundation, the University of Iowa and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Artist in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her partner.
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