The Book of X
Read by
Chloe Cannon
Release:
08/13/2019
Release:
08/13/2019
Release:
08/13/2019
Runtime:
5h 0m
Runtime:
5h 0m
Runtime:
5h 0m
Unabridged
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“Penned in succinct, poetic prose, Etter’s surreal debut is exactly as grotesque and horrifying as young adulthood.”
Booklist
Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award
Longlisted for the Believer Book Award
Longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
A Buzzfeed Best Books of the Year Selection
A Vulture.com Pick of Best Books of the Year
A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday —school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents—with the surreal—rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats—Cassie's realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday —school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents—with the surreal—rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats—Cassie's realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.
Release:
2019-08-13
2019-08-13
2019-08-13
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
5h 0m
5h 0m
5h 0m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.45 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781515943846
9798200315062
9798200315079
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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