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Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Guardian, Southwest Review, and Publishers Weekly

[The stories] are short, but their mood and imagery are lasting, and reflective of brutal truths of the commerce of human civilization . . . chilling, finely tuned pieces on power and survival. --Los Angeles Times

A collection of innovative and ambitious short stories from a visionary young literary artist

In The Dominant Animal-Kathryn Scanlan's adventurous, unsettling debut collection-compression is key. Sentences have been relentlessly trimmed, tuned, and teased for maximum impact, and a ferocious attention to rhythm and sound results in a palpable pulse of excitability and distress. The nature of love is questioned at a golf course, a flower shop, an all-you-can-eat buffet. The clay head of a man is bought and displayed as a trophy. Interior life manifests on the physical plane, where characters-human and animal-eat and breathe,

The Dominant Animal Stories

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      Publisher: MCD X Fsg Originals
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/04/2020
      ISBN13: 9780374538293, 978-0374538293
      ISBN10: 0374538298
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Guardian, Southwest Review, and Publishers Weekly

      [The stories] are short, but their mood and imagery are lasting, and reflective of brutal truths of the commerce of human civilization . . . chilling, finely tuned pieces on power and survival. --Los Angeles Times

      A collection of innovative and ambitious short stories from a visionary young literary artist

      In The Dominant Animal-Kathryn Scanlan's adventurous, unsettling debut collection-compression is key. Sentences have been relentlessly trimmed, tuned, and teased for maximum impact, and a ferocious attention to rhythm and sound results in a palpable pulse of excitability and distress. The nature of love is questioned at a golf course, a flower shop, an all-you-can-eat buffet. The clay head of a man is bought and displayed as a trophy. Interior life manifests on the physical plane, where characters-human and animal-eat and breathe,

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