The Babysitter at Rest - Couverture souple

George, Jen

 
9780997366624: The Babysitter at Rest
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0997366621 ISBN 13 : 9780997366624
Editeur : Dorothy, a publishing project, 2016

Synopsis

“I'm so happy this collection exists. I feel drunk with love for these stories. They're so funny and weird and true.” —Sheila Heti

Five stories―several as long as novellas―introduce the world to Jen George, a writer whose furiously imaginative new voice calls to mind Donald Barthelme and Leonora Carrington no less than Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus. In “Guidance/The Party,” an ethereal alcoholic “Guide” in robes and flowing hair appears to help a thirty-three-year-old woman prepare a party for her belated adulthood; “Take Care of Me Forever” tragically lambasts the medical profession as a ship of fools afloat in loneliness and narcissism; “Instruction” chronicles a season in an unconventional art school called The Warehouse, where students divide their time between orgies, art critiques, and burying dead racehorses. Combining slapstick, surrealism, erotica, and social criticism, Jen George's sprawling creative energy belies the secret precision and unexpected tenderness of everything she writes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jen George was born in Thousand Oaks, California. The Babysitter at Rest is her first book.

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Éditeur
Dorothy, a publishing project
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0997366621
ISBN 13 
9780997366624
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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