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FSG Originals
February 2019
On Sale: February 12, 2019
160 pages
ISBN: 0374246238
EAN: 9780374246235
Kindle: B07D2B9ZZJ
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Fiction Family Life
From the author of Heartbreaker, a disquieting collection tracing the destructive consequences of the desire for connection A man, forgotten by the world, takes care of his deaf brother while euthanizing dogs for a living. A stepbrother so desperately wants to become his stepsibling that he rapes his girlfriend. In Maryse Meijerβs decidedly dark and searingly honest collection Rag, the desperate human desire for connection slips into a realm that approximates horror. Meijerβs explosive debut collection, Heartbreaker, reinvented sexualized and romantic taboos, holding nothing back. In Rag, Meijerβs fearless follow-up, she shifts her focus to the dark heart of intimacies of all kinds, and the ways in which isolated peopleβs yearning for community can breed violence, danger, and madness. With unparalleled precision, Meijer spins stories that leave you troubled and slightly shaken by her uncanny ability to elicit empathy for societyβs most marginalized people.
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