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The swan suit
- Title
- The swan suit / Katherine Fawcett.
- Author
- Fawcett, Katherine, 1967-
- Publication
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre, [2020]
- ©2020
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 21-2338 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- White, Silas
- Description
- 224 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Yearn for a life of celibacy? Why not try sealing each of your orifices one by one with silicon caulk from the hardware store until your randy husband gets the message and turns into a tree? This is a totally reasonable chain of events--if you're a character in one of Katherine Fawcett's dark, quirky stories. Blending banalities of everyday human dilemmas and routines with elements of fairy tales, magic, the macabre or the downright inventive, Fawcett's fiction is anything but predictable. One of the three little pigs launches a line of high-end, easy-to-prepare, wolf broth-based meals. The Devil is on a mission to steal a child's soul, but is distracted when he develops a massive crush on the day-care worker. A man stands in the shower contemplating his future when he discovers tiny mushrooms growing in his body's various nooks and crannies. Fawcett's wry humour and prodigious imagination make for an addictive mix. The weird becomes normal, and the normal, fascinating. In this collection, reimagined folktales appear alongside stories entirely new, serving to both defamiliarize us from the undeniably odd tales we continue to pass down generation after generation, and to lend a vague familiarity to the stories of Fawcett's invention. In her hilariously matter-of-fact style, Fawcett subverts all expectations and her narrative skill makes this collection a must-read for any lover of short fiction."--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Short stories.
- Note
- Short stories.
- "Edited by Silas White"--Title page verso.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Contents
- The swam suit -- The Devil and Mss. Nora -- Nasal canula -- The maternal instinct of witches -- Crumble -- What the cat caughed up -- The virgin and the troll -- Ham -- Mary Wonderful's new grimoire -- East O -- The pull of Old Rat Creek -- Mycology -- Fluidity -- Happy?
- Call Number
- JFD 21-2338
- ISBN
- 9781771622608
- 1771622601
- OCLC
- 1130516216
- Author
- Fawcett, Katherine, 1967- author.
- Title
- The swan suit / Katherine Fawcett.
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- White, Silas, editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Fawcett, Katherine, 1967- Swan suit. Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre, 2020 177162261X 9781771622615 (OCoLC)1130516431
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-2338