These five dark and delicately written stories unfold in fragile worlds, where animal behaviors parallel the ways in which human beings interact. Siamese fighting fish, cockroaches, a cat, a snake, and a strange fungus become mirrors that reflect the unconfessable aspects of human nature. In each tale, Nettel creates, with tightly wound narrative tension, a space wherein her characters explore how the wounds we incur in life manifest themselves, clandestinely, irrevocably. In writing that is precise, subtle, and spellbinding, Nettel renders the ordinary unsettling, and the unsettling extraordinary.
By:
Guadalupe Nettel Imprint: University of Western Aus Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 128mm,
ISBN:9781742586823 ISBN 10: 1742586821 Pages: 128 Publication Date:01 May 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
