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Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

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#1578 of 8,085 books · #110 in Horror

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction (2017) and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2017).

Her Body and Other Parties was shortlisted for the National Book Award Fiction Prize 2017 and 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. 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.

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Publisher
Serpent's Tail
ISBN-13
9781782834045
Topics
Womanhood and the female bodyViolence and traumaSexuality and desire

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