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The Strange Case of Rachel K

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Kushner Rachel

Жанр Современная проза

Год 2015

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Three early stories about myth, power, and sex by the acclaimed author of .

An explorer’s unknown whereabouts keep a queen in anticipation; a faith healer’s illegal radio broadcasts give hope to an oppressed people; a president’s offer of ice cream surprises a prostitute expecting to turn a trick — the three short fictions gathered in build into a vision that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. Written prior to the publication of Kushner’s acclaimed debut novel , these stories, like Roberto Bolaño’s , burst forth with the genesis of her fictional universe. From the mythical “Great Exception,” to the ominous “Debouchment”—originally published in her too-short-lived journal Soft Targets — to the sexy and noirish title story, Kushner saddles up for a journey into the wilds of modern fiction.

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