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Un'adolescente scopre che il suo corpo non cambia come quello delle compagne di classe. In una cittadina senza nome i Sonni degli abitanti si separano dai loro corpi come l'ombra di Peter Pan, e all'improvviso tutti iniziano a soffrire d'insonnia. Un'invasione di meduse diventa metafora di vita in un fiammeggiante paesaggio estivo. E poi una donna che adotta un lupo, groupie scatenate che vogliono tutto dai musicisti che adorano, e una coppia alla deriva su una barca in mezzo al mare sconfinato che affronta il disgregarsi di un legame e del mondo. Personaggi in perenne movimento e in continua trasformazione, personaggi isolati, ossessionati, innamorati, che fanno del loro corpo un vessillo. Julia Armfield mescola i generi più diversi, distopia, fantascienza, racconto gotico e miti classici, fino a comporre storie sconvolgenti che hanno la vividezza dei sogni, e degli incubi.
- ISBN: 8830100277
- Casa Editrice: Bompiani
- Pagine: 168
- Data di uscita: 22-06-2022
Recensioni
‘ She was a gentle sort of horror… ’ I love a story that has teeth. You sink your readerly teeth into it only to find it biting you back, mashing you up in its prose, digesting you in its pages as your own mind digests the narratives in return. Salt Slow from Julia Armfield is such a book. These nine s Leggi tutto
Feminist lesbian short fiction IS NOT DEAD!
Longer review to come with a more detailed review of each story. This is equal parts horrific and beautiful, tragic and grotesque, dark and divine. It’s my favorite short story collection that I’ve ever read and I’m already eager to get my hands on whatever Armfield writes next. Not to mention, mult Leggi tutto
this is a really beautiful collection of short stories, all having the ebb and flow of the sea crafted seamlessly into them. i enjoyed this so much, that i actually think this solidifies that julie armfield is my newest favorite author, and i just hope she keeps giving the world (and me) her stories Leggi tutto
“The sky is gory with stars, like the insides of a gutted night.” Wow. Wow wow wow. This book blew me away! If you’re a fan of dark, weird, macabre, beautifully written stories, then you need to read Salt Slow, a collection of nine distinct tales about womanhood. But these stories focus on unruly wom Leggi tutto
An enticing, surreal assembly of stories that examines transformation, and the wondrous power of the feminine body. This collection explores the struggles to embrace sexuality and identity, the catharsis of coming to terms with the fact that people change and grow apart, some loss is permanent and e Leggi tutto
I think I might have just found a new auto-add-to-TBR author. Armfield's literary voice is somewhere between Kate Folk's in that it is both weird in a charming and also somehow off-putting way and Rachel Cusk's in that it is very beautiful and satisfying to read. I am in love with her writing style. Leggi tutto
Dark, twisted and very well written.
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