Apple and knife
Paramaditha, Intan, 1979-2019
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**A The White Review Book of the Year**A dazzling and provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce and fabulous female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale. A dazzling, provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale. `Dark, subversive... Here are fairy tales and myths reworked with a feminist bent' TatlerInspired by horror fiction, myths and fairy tales, Apple and Knife is an unsettling ride that swerves into the supernatural to explore the dangers and power of occupying a female body in today's world. These stories set in the Indonesian everyday - in corporate boardrooms, in shanty towns, on dangdut stages - reveal a soupy otherworld stewing just beneath the surface. This is subversive feminist horror at its best, where men and women alike are arbiters of fear, and where revenge is sometimes sweetest when delivered from the grave. Dark, humorous, and vividly realised, Apple and Knife brings together taboos, inversions, sex and death in a heady, intoxicating mix.
Main title:
Apple and knife / Intan Paramaditha ; translated from the Indonesian by Stephen J. Epstein.
Author:
Paramaditha, Intan, 1979-, authorEpstein, Stephen J., 1962-, translator
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2019.
Collation:
208 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2018.
ISBN:
9781784709792 (pbk)
Dewey class:
899.22133
Language:
EnglishIndonesian
Subject:
Paramaditha, Intan, 1979- -- Translations into EnglishHorror tales, Indonesian -- Translations into EnglishHorrorFiction in TranslationShort StoriesHorror & supernatural fictionShort storiesMyth & legend told as fictionFiction in translationFiction: general & literaryContemporary lifestyle fictionIntended specifically for women and/or girlsRelating to ethnic minorities & groups
BRN:
1127589
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bletchley Library | Adult fiction | Horror | Available |
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult fiction | Horror | Available |