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Bezig met laden... Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls (origineel 2010; editie 2011)door Alissa Nutting (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A little so-so. Some pretty good, some dragged a little. I have to admit, I liked this short story collection. It reminded me of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender which I loved because it was so weird and unexpected. The stories in Unclean Jobs are also bizarre, and the characters verge on repellant, but the weirdness sucked me in. I'm going to check out other things by her. Very cohesive collection of bonkers stories. I very much wish I had read one story a week, maybe less, and let it fester. I think they are simultaneously very good and less impactful than I wanted them to be. Might be a book I'll page through again and revise my opinion of, someday. 3.5, which means I liked it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: In this darkly comic and surreal collection from celebrated author Alissa Nutting, misfit women scramble for agency in a series of uncanny circumstances Throughout these breathtakingly creative seventeen stories spread across time, space, and differing planes of reality, we encounter a host of women and girls in a wide range of unusual jobs. A space cargo deliverywoman enlists the help of her cybersex partner to release her mother from cryogenic prison. Desperate for affection and a more lavish lifestyle, a young woman falls under the corrosive spell of the fashion model for whom she's given up everything to assist. A woman submits to a procedure that will turn her body into a futuristic ant farm, only to discover the sinister plans of her doctor. Though the settings these women find themselves in are as shocking and unique as they come, the emotional battles they face are searing and real. Some are trying to fight their way out of the cycle of abuse, while others must cope with the anguish brought on by infertility or the aftershocks of an abortion. Still others confront and embrace their most depraved desires, carving out power for themselves in worlds that relentlessly ask for conformity. Wickedly funny yet ringing with deep truths about gender, authority and the ways we inhabit and restrict the female body, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls is a brilliant commentary on the kaleidoscope of human behavior and a remarkably nuanced satire for our times. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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