Salt slow : stories / Julia Armfield.

By: Armfield, Julia [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2019Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 195 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250224774 :Subject(s): Women -- Juvenile fiction | Self-realization in women -- Juvenile fiction | Short storiesDDC classification: Fic LOC classification: PR6101.R638 | A6 2019
Contents:
Mantis -- The great awake -- The collectibles -- Formerly feral -- Stop your women's ears with wax -- Granite -- Smack -- Cassandra after -- Salt slow.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selectionSummary: "From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice"--Provided by the publisher.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
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"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Pan Macmillan."

Mantis -- The great awake -- The collectibles -- Formerly feral -- Stop your women's ears with wax -- Granite -- Smack -- Cassandra after -- Salt slow.

Junior Library Guild

"From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice"--Provided by the publisher.

Ages 16-17.

Grades 11-12.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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