By Carmen Maria Machado
In Her physique and different Parties, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders among magical realism and technology fiction, comedy and horror, myth and fabulism. during this provocative debut, startling narratives map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited on their bodies.
A spouse refuses her husband's entreaties to take away the mysterious eco-friendly ribbon from round her neck. a girl recounts her sexual encounters as an outbreak spreads around the earth. A shop attendant in a mall makes a scary discovery concerning the store's promenade clothes. One woman's surgery-induced weightloss ends up in an undesirable apartment visitor.
Sexy and caustic, comedian and cut-throat, Her physique and different events is amazing, tense and exquisite.
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