Beta vulgaris : a novel / Margie Sarsfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarsfield, Margie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--Fiction.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Sugar beet--Harvesting--Minnesota--Fiction.

Sugar beet.

Small cities--Minnesota--Fiction.

Small cities.

Sugar beet--Harvesting--Fiction.

Poor--Fiction.

Poor.

Generational trauma--Fiction.

Generational trauma.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Magic realism (Literature)--Fiction.

Magic realism (Literature).

Minnesota--Fiction.

Minnesota.

Genre:

Horror fiction.

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2025.

Summary:

A young woman's seasonal job working a sugar beet harvest takes a surreal turn! Elise and her boyfriend, Tom, set off for Minnesota, hoping the paycheck from the sugar beet harvest will cover the rent on their Brooklyn apartment. Amidst the grueling work and familiar anxieties about her finances, Elise starts noticing strange things: threatening phone calls, a mysterious rash, and snatches of an ominous voice coming from the beet pile. When Tom and other coworkers begin to vanish, Elise is left alone to confront the weight of her past, the horrors of her uncertain future, and the menacing but enticing siren song of the beets. Biting, eerie, and confidently told, Beta Vulgaris harnesses a distinct voice and audacious premise to undermine straightforward narratives of class, trauma, consumption, and redemption.-- Publisher description

Other Format:

Online version : Sarsfield, Margie. Beta vulgaris.

ISBN:

9781324078739

1324078731

OCLC:

1437528380

Publisher Number:

90101670270