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The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Aimee Bender
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Description for The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
paperback. From a man suffering from reverse evolution to a lonely wife who waits for her husband to return from war; to a small town where one girl has a hand made of fire and the other has a hand made of ice. This title includes the stories of men and women whose lives are shaped by the power of desires take us to a place far beyond the imagination. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
In The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Aimee Bender has created a world where nothing is quite as it seems. From a man suffering from reverse evolution to a lonely wife who waits for her husband to return from war; to a small town where one girl has a hand made of fire and another has one made of ice. These stories of men and women whose lives are shaped and sometimes twisted by the power of extraordinary desires take us to a place far beyond the imagination.
In The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Aimee Bender has created a world where nothing is quite as it seems. From a man suffering from reverse evolution to a lonely wife who waits for her husband to return from war; to a small town where one girl has a hand made of fire and another has one made of ice. These stories of men and women whose lives are shaped and sometimes twisted by the power of extraordinary desires take us to a place far beyond the imagination.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099558842
SKU
V9780099558842
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Aimee Bender
AIMEE BENDER is the author of two novels, An Invisible Sign of My Own and the New York Times bestseller, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, and two collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures. Her work has been widely anthologised and has been translated into ten languages. She lives in Los Angeles. Read more about Aimee Bender and her work at www.flammableskirt.com
Reviews for The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Aimee Bender's debut short-story collection shows a writer ready to flirt with the fantastical. Largely concerned with the love lives of young metropolitans and desperate housewives, her cheerily bizarre scenarios give romance a fresh twist ... Bender is a writer with a very incendiary turn of phrase.
Independent
These stories are unusual, certainly and they take you inside people's feelings. Bender gets you to see the world in very particular ways. Beautifully done; you won't forget this.
Evening Standard
Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty
Harper's Bazaar
Many of the stories in The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, begin with a premise just on the fringe of the familiar, then give it a tantalising twist ... Bender's stories are powered be voice - by pleasure of an electric simile and a restrained sauciness
New York Times Book Review
Fierce and true ... Fantastic!
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Independent
These stories are unusual, certainly and they take you inside people's feelings. Bender gets you to see the world in very particular ways. Beautifully done; you won't forget this.
Evening Standard
Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty
Harper's Bazaar
Many of the stories in The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, begin with a premise just on the fringe of the familiar, then give it a tantalising twist ... Bender's stories are powered be voice - by pleasure of an electric simile and a restrained sauciness
New York Times Book Review
Fierce and true ... Fantastic!
Los Angeles Times Book Review