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Longlisted for the 2018 National Translation Award
"A wild, brutal paean to freedom. . . . Somers' feminism is profound, and complicated." —NPR
"A surreal, nightmarish book about women's struggle for autonomy—and how that struggle is (always, inevitably) met with violence." —Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties
A groundbreaking feminist classic from 1950s
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Award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) described the work as 'a wonderful debut; a collection of frank, funny, and heartbreaking stories that delve into the mire of human loneliness.' Poland's stories usher in a world where mortal fear, the threat of violation, and the body's looming betrayal drive us to look beyond surface appearances. In these stories, readers will find: a mosquito-borne illness invading a small southern...
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In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror. In this electric, provocative debut, Machado presents narratives that map the realities of women's lives to the violence visited upon their bodies.
Una mujer se niega a permitir que su marido le quite una misteriosa cinta verde que lleva alrededor del cuello; otra mujer relata sus encuentros sexuales...
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