Dimensions
143 x 221 x 25mm
In this collection, Bender's unique talents sparkle brilliantly in stories about people searching for connection through love, sex, and family - and the often painful realizations of our lives. A traumatic event unfolds when a girl with flowing hair of golden wheat appears in an orchard where a group of people who have eaten only apples for days await her. A woman plays out a prostitution fantasy with her husband and finds she cannot go back to her old sex life. An ugly woman marries an Ogre, and ultimately decides to stay with him after he mistakenly eats their children. Two sisters travel deep into Malaysia where one learns the art of mending tigers who have ripped themselves to shreds. Evocative, funny, beautiful and sad, we see ourselves reflected in these deeply resonant stories as if in a funhouse mirror. Aimee Bender has once again proven herself to be among the most imaginative, exciting and intelligent writers of our time.
