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    Her Body and Other Parties
    Audiobook8 hours

    Her Body and Other Parties

    Written by Carmen Maria Machado

    Narrated by Amy Landon

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. Startling narratives map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited on their bodies, both in myth and in practice. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague spreads across the earth. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery about a store's dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted house guest. Bodies become inconsequential, humans become monstrous, anger becomes erotic. A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJun 14, 2018
    ISBN9781528814027
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    • 2/5
      some stories are worth the read, others not so much
      the husband stitch - five stars
      inventory - three stars
      mothers - one stars
      especially heinous - one stars (skipped the rest halfway through)
      real women have bodies - three stars
      eight bites - three stars
      the resident - two stars (skipped halfway through)
      difficult at parties - three stars

      result: 2,6 stars

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      First story is great, but the rest is quite a letdown after that, narrative is disconnected and lacks a story line, I skipped through some of the parts
    • 3/5
      These compound of stories is overall good. The first one is by far superior and the book is worth it just because of it.
      I found very weird what she did with the stories about law and order.
    • 4/5
      Mixed but worthwhile, loved some stores such as 'inventory', and the first story with it's mix of fairytale and modern day.
    • 3/5
      it was ok but also it was kinda boring idk
    • 3/5
      Inconsistente, algunas historias son geniales y otras olvidarles, las metáforas tienden a ser muy cursis o superficiales
    • 4/5
      Sin duda las primeras historias son las fuertes! La poderosas y las que no te dejan querer parar! Me perdí o en verdad había un fanfic de la ley y el orden!!?
    • 3/5
      It was not bad but not my favourite either.