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Her Body and Other Parties
| Author: | Carmen Maria Machado |
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Graywolf Press, 2017 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Ghosts Psychological Fairytale Horror |
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Synopsis
Shirley Jackson, Tiptree, Lambda, and Locus Award-nominated Collection
In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. Startling narratives map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited on their bodies, both in myth and in practice.
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.
Bodies become inconsequential, humans become monstrous, and anger becomes erotic. A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.
Table of Contents:
- The Husband Stitch - (2014) - novelette
- Inventory - (2013) - short story
- Mothers - (2014) - short story
- Especially Heinous - (2013) - novella
- Real Women Have Bodies - novelette
- Eight Bites - (2017) - short story
- The Resident - novelette
- Difficult at Parties - (2012) - short story
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