Hopeful Monsters: Stories

Type

Book

Authors

Goto, Hiromi

ISBN 10

1551521571

ISBN 13

9781551521572

Tags

Short Stories, Mutation (Biology), Science fiction, Canadian, Women

Abstract

""Hopeful monsters" are genetically abnormal organisms that, nonetheless, adapt and survive in their environments. In these 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; relatives on holiday with 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."--Jacket.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
Short stories
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Hiromi Goto
ISBN: 1551521571 9781551521572
OCLC Number: 54206501
Description: 175 pages ; 21 cm
Contents: Night --
Osmosis --
Tilting --
Stinky girl --
Tales from the breast --
Drift --
Home stay --
From across a river --
Camp Americana --
Hopeful monsters --
All possible moments.
Responsibility: Hiromi Goto.

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