Description
| Product ID: | 9781784709792 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Apple and Knife |
| Authors: | Author: Intan Paramaditha, Stephen J Epstein |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Horror and supernatural fiction, Horror & ghost stories, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Short stories, Fiction in translation, Myth & legend told as fiction, Short stories, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-05 |
