Her Body & Other Parties de Machado, Carmen Maria - 2019

US: Profile, 2019. Paperback. Good. SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR T HE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018'Brilliantly inventive and blazingl y smart' Garth Greenwell'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable' Roxane Gay'A wild thing ... covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence o f fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi' New York Ti mesIn her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders be tween magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and f abulism.A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious gr een 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 horrifyin g discovery about a store's dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight los s results in an unwanted house guest. A dark, shimmering slice into womanho od, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.