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Spare parts plus two / Gail Scott.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.S35 S62 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Gail, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- Expanded second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Coach House Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A welfare cheque floats down the river, a cowboy spreads the Word of the Lord and crotches tick like clocks: the world of "Spare Parts" is unpredictable, evocative and vividly distorted. Its initial appearance, in 1981, caused a stir; at a time when linear narrative was the m.o. of feminist writing, Gail Scott had the nerve to fracture and dislocate her stories and her language. "Spare Parts" is as vital as it was twenty years ago. Scott's densely textured tales about the world of growing up female in a small town, where violence lurks just beneath the skin, recreate the uncertainty of life. Their incantatory language and tough imagery are as relevant and crucial now as they were then. This edition adds two new pieces, including 'Bottoms Up', an essay on narrative which first appeared on the 'Narrativity' website Scott co-edits.
- ISBN:
- 1552451011
- OCLC:
- 50185898
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