Armfield Julia - Salt Slow - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield a brilliant provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers sleeps become disassociated from them like Peter Pan's shadow a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates . As a popular band gathers momentum the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry two step - sisters one a girl and one a wolf develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror science fiction mythology and feminism salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.
Title: Salt Slow
Author(s): Armfield Julia
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250224781
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/4/2022
Category: Short Stories