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Sexing the Cherry
First published 2006 · 240 pages
A surreal, time-bending fairy tale that revels in the grotesque and the beautiful.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wandering through a fever dream where history and fantasy bleed into one another. It is a deeply meandering, episodic experience that asks you to abandon your need for a traditional plot and instead float along on its philosophical currents. The atmosphere is a striking contrast of the earthy and the ethereal, one moment grounded in the grime and grotesque reality of seventeenth-century London, the next soaring into invisible, imagined cities. The prose is fiercely lyrical, packed with aphorisms and poetic leaps that challenge our understanding of time, gender, and reality. It will thoroughly delight readers who crave feminist magical realism, lush sentences, and stories that feel more like a surrealist painting than a standard novel.
- Mood
- dreamlike
- surreal
- earthy
- melancholic
- Tone
- lyrical
- philosophical
- wry
- defiant
- grotesque
- Pace
- meandering
- Themes
- fluidity of time and gender · nature of reality · maternal devotion · power of storytelling · bodily autonomy
- The writing
- Lyrical and aphoristic, the prose blends fairy-tale simplicity with dense, poetic musings on the nature of existence.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from a fierce, earthy wonder into a fragmented, philosophical yearning for connection across the boundaries of time.
- Who it's for
- Lovers of feminist magical realism and postmodern literature who prefer lush, boundary-pushing ideas over linear storytelling.
Content notes
- violence
- sexual content
- plague and illness
- execution
About the book
Een vrouw en jongen in het 17e eeuwse Engeland blijken zich in bizarre 20e eeuwse fantasieën te bevinden.
Description from Open Library.
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