Fen: Stories
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A singular debut that "marks the emergence of a great, stomping, wall-knocking talent" (Kevin Barry)
Daisy Johnson's Fen, set in the fenlands of England, transmutes the flat, uncanny landscape into a rich, brooding atmosphere. From that territory grow stories that blend folklore and restless invention to turn out something entirely new. Amid the marshy paths of the fens, a teenager might starve herself into the shape of an eel. A house might fall in love with a girl and grow jealous of her friend. A boy might return from the dead in the guise of a fox. Out beyond the confines of realism, the familiar instincts of sex and hunger blend with the shifting, unpredictable wild as the line between human and animal is effaced by myth and metamorphosis. With a fresh and utterly contemporary voice, Johnson lays bare these stories of women testing the limits of their power to create a startling work of fiction.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:155597774X
ISBN13:9781555977740
Release Date:May 2017
Publisher:Graywolf Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"
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