Cutting edge : new stories of mystery and crime by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates ; [co...
Cutting edge : new stories of mystery and crime by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates ; [co...
Cutting edge : new stories of mystery and crime by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates ; [cover and interior artwork by Laurel Hausler].
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Publisher
Brooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2020/1247
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Language
English
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Physical content
234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: Their bodies, our selves. One of these nights / Livia Llewellyn -- A history of the world in five objects / S.J. Rozan -- The hunger / Lisa Lim -- Too many lunatics / Lucy Taylor -- Please translate / Edwidge Danticat -- Part II: A doom of one's own. The boy without a bike / Jennifer Morales...
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Publisher
Brooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
Joyce Carol Oates pulls out all the stops in this chilling female-centric noir collection featuring brand-new writing from Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Edwidge Danticat, and more.
The particular strength of the female noir vision isn't a recognizable style but rather a defiantly female, indeed feminist, perspective. In this collection of stories and poems, bad men are not always the victims but they get their due often enough to satisfy readers who are tired of the gendered status quo. From surreal to erotically playful, fro...
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Cutting edge : new stories of mystery and crime by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates ; [cover and interior artwork by Laurel Hausler].
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©2019
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G 2020/1247
Record Identifier
74VKaZ0QBz4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZ0QBz4Z
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ISBN
9781617757624 (paperback)
9781617757617 (hardcover)
1617757616 (hardcover)
1617757624 (paperback)
DDC
808.83872
MMS ID
991024293715002626
