Slipping, stories, essays, & other writing, Lauren Beukes
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Slipping, stories, essays, & other writing, Lauren Beukes
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
short stories
Main title
Slipping
Oclc number
939426768
Responsibility statement
Lauren Beukes
Sub title
stories, essays, & other writing
Summary
" A Punk Lolita fighter-pilot rescues Tokyo from a marauding art installation. Corporate recruits harvest poisonous plants on an inhospitable planet. An inquisitive adolescent ghost disrupts the life of a young architect. Product loyalty is addictive when the brand appears under one's skin. Award-winning Cape Town author and journalist Lauren Beukes (Zoo City, Moxyland, Broken Monsters) spares no targets in this edgy and satiric retrospective collection. In her fiction and nonfiction, ranging from Johannesburg across the galaxy, Beukes is a fierce, captivating presence throughout the literary landscape"--Back cover
Table Of Contents
Fiction. Muse ; Slipping ; Confirm/Ignore ; Branded ; Smileys ; Princess ; My insect skin ; Parking ; Pop tarts ; The Green ; Litmash ; Easy touch ; Algebra ; Unathi battles the black hairballs ; Dear Mariana ; Riding with the dream patrol ; Unaccounted ; Tankwa-Karoo ; Exhibitionist ; Dial tone ; Ghost girl -- Nonfiction. Adventures in journalism ; All the pretty corpses ; Judging Unity ; Inner city ; On beauty: a letter to my five-year-old daughter ; Glossary
Target audience
general
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