"A snarling attack on the fairytale form. A good girl's fears of inadequacy materialize as a pack of vicious dogs."Publishers Weekly
"A strange and wonderful first-person voice emerges from the stories of Rebecca Brown, who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need."The New York Times
"Using unsentimental language that slices, pries and exposes layers of emotion and sexuality as a scalpel does a body, Brown veers into the uncharted territory."The San Francisco Chronicle
"I read everything Rebecca Brown writes, watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around."Dorothy Allison
"A dry, witty, gracefulif savagegift."Mary Gaitskill
Rebecca Brown is the author of other fictions, including The Terrible Girls, Annie Oakley’s Girl, and The Gifts of the Body. She is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award, and was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, The Stranger. She lives in Seattle.
"A snarling attack on the fairytale form. A good girl's fears of inadequacy materialize as a pack of vicious dogs."Publishers Weekly
"A strange and wonderful first-person voice emerges from the stories of Rebecca Brown, who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need."The New York Times
"Using unsentimental language that slices, pries and exposes layers of emotion and sexuality as a scalpel does a body, Brown veers into the uncharted territory."The San Francisco Chronicle
"I read everything Rebecca Brown writes, watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around."Dorothy Allison
"A dry, witty, gracefulif savagegift."Mary Gaitskill
Rebecca Brown is the author of other fictions, including The Terrible Girls, Annie Oakley’s Girl, and The Gifts of the Body. She is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award, and was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, The Stranger. She lives in Seattle.
The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary
166The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary
166Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780872863446 |
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Publisher: | City Lights Books |
Publication date: | 01/01/1998 |
Pages: | 166 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d) |