Pig Tales A Novel of Lust and Transformation |
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Author:
| Darrieussecq, Marie |
Translator:
| Coverdale, Linda |
Series title: | New Press International Fiction Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-56584-361-5 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
Publisher: | New Press, The
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/"massage” parlor. She enjoys great success until she slowly metamorphoses into . . . a pig. What happens to her then overturns all our ideas about relationships between man, woman, and beast in a stunning feminist fable of political and sexual corruption.
Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/"massage” parlor. She enjoys great success until she slowly metamorphoses into . . . a pig. What happens to her then overturns all our ideas about relationships between man, woman, and beast in a stunning feminist fable of political and sexual corruption.