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Her Body and Other Parties

CD - unabridged
(7 CDs)
Product Number: CX4581
Released: 01 Aug, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781528814515
Narrator(s): Amy Landon
Publisher: W F Howes
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Description

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, anger becomes erotic. A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.

Awards:SHORTLISTED FOR AMERICA’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017
Original Publish Date: 01 Aug, 2018

All Formats/Editions

MP3 CD
x-large
Narrator(s): Amy Landon
Product Number MPCD3544
Released: 01 Aug, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528814522
Playaway
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Narrator(s): Amy Landon
Product Number D6009
Released: 01 Aug, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528814539

Professional reviews

"'A wild thing ... covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi.' New York Times"

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