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The coiled serpent / Camilla Grudova.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.G7855 C65 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grudova, Camilla, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror tales, Canadian.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Horror fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 198 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- A little girl throws up Gloria-Jean's teeth after an explosion at the custard factory; Pax, Alexander, and Angelo are hypnotically enthralled by a book that promises them enlightenment if they keep their semen inside their bodies; Victoria is sent to a cursed hotel for ailing girls when her period mysteriously stops. In a damp, putrid spa, the exploitative drudgery of work sparks revolt; in a Margate museum, the new Director curates a venomous garden for public consumption. In Grudova's unforgettably surreal style, these stories expose the absurdities behind contemporary ideas of work, Britishness and art-making, to conjure a singular, startling strangeness that proves the deft skill of a writer at the top of her game.
- Contents:
- Through ceilings and walls
- Ivor
- Description and history of a British swimming pool/Banya Banya!
- The custard factory
- The green hat
- A novel (or poem) about Fan, aged 11 years or The zoo
- Mr Elephant
- Avalon
- The poison garden
- The surrogates
- Madame Flora's
- The coiled serpent
- The meat eater
- White asparagus
- The apartment
- HYoo hoo.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Grudova, Camilla. Coiled Serpent.
- ISBN:
- 9781838956356
- 1838956352
- OCLC:
- 1414377465
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