Hopeful Monsters: Stories
by Goto, Hiromi
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1551521571
- ISBN 13
- 9781551521572
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Item Price
A$34.84A$26.13
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About This Item
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. As New, - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. "Hopeful monsters" are genetically abnormal organisms that, nonetheless, adapt and survive in their environments. In these devastating stories, the hopeful monsters in question are those who will not be tethered by familial duty nor bound by the ghosts of their past. Home becomes fraught, reality a nightmare as Hiromi Goto weaves her characters through tales of domestic crises and cultural dissonance. They are the walking wounded-a mother who is terrified by a newborn daughter who bears a tail; a "stinky girl" who studies the human condition in a shopping mall; a family on holiday wih a visiting grandfather who cannot abide their "foreign" nature. But wills are a force unto themselves, and Goto's characters are imbued with the light of myth and magic-realism. With humor and keen insight, Goto makes the familiar seem strange, and deciphers those moments when the idyllic skews into the absurd and the sublime.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010735
- Title
- Hopeful Monsters: Stories
- Author
- Goto, Hiromi
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1551521571
- ISBN 13
- 9781551521572
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 176
- Keywords
- Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy,Horror, Queer, Japan, Canada, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Gay & Lesbian, Short Stories (single author), General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
- X weight
- 450 g
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