The Girl with Brown Fur: Tales & Stories

Stacey Levine

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Starcherone Books
Published
19 April 2011
Pages
179
ISBN
9780984213344

The Girl with Brown Fur: Tales & Stories

Stacey Levine

Amid alarming depictions of domestic misery and perversion, strange metamorphoses, and imperiled nature, as well as the occasional triumphant escape or alliance, Levine declares the death of myth and anticipates the collapse of civilization. But for now, she subtly acknowledges that however deluded, poisoned, and impaired we may be, we will continue to tell and cherish tales and stories as we struggle against lies, brutality, and alienation.–Donna Seamen, Bookforum

The inhabitants of Stacey Levine’s stories attempt each of these things and more, with no more success than people who have extramarital affairs or people who buy sports cars. Thankfully, Levine’s stories have a refreshing lack of respect for reality.–The Believer

Levine’s crisp stories similarly find excitement and transformation as they chase down their fantastical plots. The Girl with Brown Fur won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but the adventurous will enjoy following Levine’s breadcrumb trails, even if that means getting a little bit lost.–A.N. Devers, Time Out New York

In her first short fiction collection since My Horse and Other Stories, Stacey Levine gives us twenty-eight new, feral, untamable stories, in myriad modes, from laugh-out-loud funny, to Kafka-nightmarish, to lyrical, elegiac, and philosophical.

Stacey Levine is the author of My Horse and Other Stories (PEN/West Fiction Award, 1994) and the novels Dra– and Frances Johnson (finalist, Washington State Book Award, 2005).

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