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Salt slow : stories

Call Number

  • FICTION ARMF (CEN)

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.

Physical Description

195 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice"--

Contents

  • Mantis
  • Great awake
  • Collectibles
  • Formerly feral
  • Stop your women's ears with wax
  • Granite
  • Smack
  • Cassandra After
  • Salt slow.

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