Unruly Creatures
by Jennifer Caloyeras
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Pub Date Oct 01 2017 | Archive Date Dec 02 2017
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Description
In some stories, the bodies have surrogates: a high-school girl babysits an elderly woman’s plastic doll while negotiating her own sexual awakening, and a young man finds that he can only receive affection from his father when he is in costume. Dark humor and magical realism put in sharp relief the everyday trials of Americans in a story collection that asks, in what way are we more than the sum of our parts?
Advance Praise
"A rare combination of great imagination and heart." —Max Brooks, author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide
"Jennifer Caloyeras's stories snap, crackle, and pop with animal energy. Every one of these stories is an unruly creature, wild at heart, fierce and funny, and heartbreaking." —Zsuzsi Gartner, author of Better Living through Plastic Explosives and All the Anxious Girls on Earth
"When you read Unruly Creatures, the stories stare back at you like a caged gorilla. Haunting, revelatory, and utterly breathtaking, Caloyeras is an astonishing talent." —Matthew J. Trafford, author of The Divinity Gene
"Riotous, off-kilter, tender, magical - this collection is utterly accomplished and madly engaging. Jennifer Caloyeras's writing is as wild and beautiful as the unruly creatures in her stories." —Laura Trunkey, author of Double Dutch
"This collection will soar off the shelf, and stick permanently in the mind." —MacKenzie Hamilton, New Pages
"In the end, it is the exploration of intimacy, the desire to escape one’s reality, one’s body, and personal identity that drives and connects Caloyeras’ stories." —Coty Poynter, JMWW
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781943665785 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 180 |
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Danielle W, Reviewer
This collection of short stories features an array of strange characters that inhabit the world of each story. While I was disturbed by the first story and almost quit reading there I resisted that urge and read on to find a plethora of likeable and unlikeable characters who each try desperately to connect with others and feel some emotion.
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