About this book
" ... At the center of this form-shifting narrative, Acker's protagonist collects an inheritance following her mother's suicide, which compels her to revisit and reinterpret traumatic scenes from the past. Switching perspectives, identities, genders, and centuries, the speaker lustily ransacks world literature to celebrate and challenge the discourse around art, love, life, and death"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Fiction, erotica, generalFiction, generalSocial classesSocial life and customsIndustrial revolutionSpecimensAmerican Experimental fictionFictionEngland, fictionAmerican fiction