Record Number |
801466 |
ISBN |
9781786633835 (paperback) |
Author |
Hval, Jenny, 1980- author. |
Title |
Paradise rot : a novella / Jenny Hval ; translated by Marjam Idriss. |
Edition |
English-language edition. |
Publisher/Date |
London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2018. |
©2018 |
Pagination etc. |
148 pages ; 20 cm. |
Contents note |
"A novel"--Cover. |
Summary Note |
Jo is in a strange new country for university, and having a more peculiar time than most. A house with no walls, a roommate with no boundaries, and a home that seems ever more alive. Jo's sensitivity, and all her senses, become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, and dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval, presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire. A complex, poetic and strange novel about bodies, sexuality and the female gender. |
Language note |
Translated from the Norwegian. |
Subject |
College students -- Fiction |
Young women -- Fiction |
Lesbians -- Fiction |
Novellas. |
Added Author |
Idriss, Marjam translator. |
Shelf Location |
F HVAL |