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Carmen Maria Machado. Yiyi tilo ta inshi storony. (Her Body and Other Parties) | | Track
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"A collection of short prose, a provocative and sophisticated debut that brilliantly breaks the boundaries between magical realism and fantasy, humorous prose and horror. These are emotional and candid stories of women's experiences that focus on the themes of sexuality, objectification, the tyranny of the canons of beauty, misogyny, physical and psychological violence." Translated from English by Marta Hosovska In Ukrainian. Type of the edition: hard cover Format: 130x200 mm Number of pages: 328 Publisher: Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva, Lviv
Contents: 1. Shov dlja cholovika 2. Inventaryzatsija 3. Materi 4. Osoblyvo merzennyy 5. Spravzhni zhinky majut‘ tilo 6. Visim kusnykiv 7. Rezydentsija 8. Skladno buty - Podjaky
Publisher: Staryi Lev
Catalogue number: ISBN 9786176797494
Year: 2020
Domestic price: 152.90UAH
International price: $13.90USD
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