Phys Descr |
245 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
The husband stitch -- Inventory -- Mothers -- Especially heinous -- Real women have bodies -- Eight bites -- The resident -- Difficult at parties |
Summary |
Contains short stories about the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies |
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Presents a collection of short stories about the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's prom dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted houseguest. And in 'Especially Heinous, ' Machado reimagines every episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, a show we naïvely assumed had shown it all, generating a phantasmagoric police procedural full of doppelgängers, ghosts, and girls with bells for eyes. --Adapted from publisher description |
Note |
National Book Award Finalist, 2017 |
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Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian Fiction, 2018 |
Subject |
Women -- Fiction
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Women -- Identity -- Fiction
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
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Sexual minorities -- Fiction
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Libido -- Fiction
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Alt Author |
Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Husband stitch
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Inventory
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Mothers
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Especially heinous
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Real women have bodies
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Eight bites
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Resident
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Container of (work): Machado, Carmen Maria.
Difficult at parties
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Alt Title |
Short stories. Selections
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Husband stitch
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Inventory
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Mothers
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Especially heinous
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Real women have bodies
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Eight bites
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Resident
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Difficult at parties
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Other Form |
Online version: Machado, Carmen Maria. Short stories. Selections. Her body and other parties (OCoLC)1123220644 |
OCLC # |
965738096 |
ISBN # |
9781555977887 |
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155597788X |
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9781781259528 |
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1781259526 |
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