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Ruin & other stories / Emma Hislop
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hislop, Emma.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, New Zealand.
- Genre:
- Short stories, New Zealand -- 21st century.
- Short stories, New Zealand.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Ruin and other stories
- Place of Publication:
- Wellington : Victoria University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Women and girls walk a perilously thin line between ruin and redemption in these stories as they try-- with varying degrees of success-- to outmanouver the violence that threatens to define their lives.There' s the physical violence of men against their bodies-- and sometimes the violence they exact in revenge. While doubts about a romantic partner, an abandonment by a sister, the fallout of a parent' s pornography addiction, the betrayal of a friend, even the desire to touch a stranger' s fur-like body are subtler aggressions that pack their own kinds of punches.Moving between contemporary New Zealand and London, and a dreamlike landscape that isn' t quite real, this debut collection shimmers with a brutal kind of hope, exploring power and its contortions, powerlessness and its depravities, and the ends to which we will go to claim back agency.
- Contents:
- Cover page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Fur
- Previous Selves
- Housewarming
- Scarce Objects
- The Game
- Mistaken
- Ruin
- A Safe Place
- Doctor Ink
- Missing
- Shadow
- Red Flags
- Sweet on the Comedown
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781776921126
- 1776921127
- OCLC:
- 1381713516
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