Near Flesh: Stories
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Book Overview "Dunn's pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy." --Alexandra Kleeman, The New York TimesA previously unpublished collection o...
"Dunn's pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy." --Alexandra Kleeman, The New York Times
A previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love.
A woman invests in a series of sex robots to get her off and comes to terms with the limitations--and real threat--of automated companionship. A knowing young student pursues an affair with an older man, the poet in residence at the university where she studies writing, and weighs the benefits and costs of their arrangement. A mother moves to a farm with her family and must come to terms with the violence simmering beneath her skin.
Near Flesh is the first and only collection of short fiction by Katherine Dunn, the author of the bestselling novel Geek Love. These nineteen stories are, like Dunn's entire body of work, attuned to the spit and grit of tough living. They pulse with yearning for a more prosperous life, for sexual satisfaction, to escape abusive husbands and the disappointments of convention. A better life, for these mostly female protagonists, seems always just out of reach. In Near Flesh, Dunn explores the struggle of women to live on their own terms, and the desire to relish--rather than squash--what distinguishes a person.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 272 | Language: English | Publisher: MCD | ISBN: 0374602352
FormatHardcover
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374602352
EAN9780374602352
PublisherMCD
Publication Date2025-10-07
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.8 Pounds
Length8.4 Inches
Width5.4 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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