The wilds / stories by Julia Elliott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Julia, 1968- author.l.

Contributor:

Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

370 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First US edition 2014.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2014.

Summary:

"At an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and the pseudo-religious dogma of Zen-infused self-help. And in a rinky-dink mill town, an adolescent girl is unexpectedly inspired by the ravings and miraculous levitation of her fundamentalist friend's weird grandmother. These are only a few of the scenarios readers encounter in Julia Elliott's debut collection, The Wilds. In these genre-bending stories, teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, Elliott's language-driven fiction uses outlandish tropes to capture poignant moments in her humble characters' lives. Without abandoning the tenets of classic storytelling, Elliott revels in lush lyricism, dark humor, and experimental play."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Rapture

LIMBs

Feral

Jaws

The wilds

Regeneration an Mukti

The whipping

Caveman diet

Organisms

The love machine

The end of the world.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

ISBN:

1935639927

9781935639923

OCLC:

880959998

Publisher Number:

99962716431