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The Dogs Rebecca Brown

The Dogs By Rebecca Brown

The Dogs by Rebecca Brown


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The tale of an unnamed woman trapped in her flat with a pack of Doberman pinschers. The dogs are both adversaries and loyal companions, at once real and otherworldly, able to talk, multiply or disappear at will. Each chapter has its lesson. Some take place in the ordinary realms, others in the realms of the ecstatic, the fantastic, the mystical.

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The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary by Rebecca Brown

The nameless narrator of The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary lives in her studio apartment with a pack of Doberman pinchers. The dogs, led by the cruel, charismatic bitch named Miss Dog, alternate between being brutal attack animals and loyal companions, being real and otherworldly. Some chapters draw upon the ecstatic and horrifying visions of Christian mystics; others take place in the landscapes of familiar fairytales; others in the banal settings of the late-night pick-up bars or suburban picnics. The narrator uneasily inhabits these worlds until the dogs force her to take irrevocable action. "A snarling attack on the fairytale form. A good girl's fears of inadequacy materialize as a pack of vicious dogs."--Publishers Weekly "A strange and wonderful first-person voice emerges from the stories of Rebecca Brown, who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need."--The New York Times "Using unsentimental language that slices, pries and exposes layers of emotion and sexuality as a scalpel does a body, Brown veers into the uncharted territory." --The San Francisco Chronicle "I read everything Rebecca Brown writes, watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around."--Dorothy Allison "A dry, witty, graceful--if savage--gift."--Mary Gaitskill Rebecca Brown is the author of other fictions, including The Terrible Girls, Annie Oakley's Girl, and The Gifts of the Body. She is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award, and was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, The Stranger. She lives in Seattle.

About Rebecca Brown

Rebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, THE END OF YOUTH, THE DOGS, THE TERRIBLE GIRLS (City Lights) and THE GIFTS OF THE BODY (HarperCollins). She recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.

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CIN0872863441G
9780872863446
0872863441
The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary by Rebecca Brown
Used - Good
Paperback
City Lights Books
1998-09-30
166
Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction) 1998
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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