Difficult Women
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Difficult Women

by Roxane Gay

2017•Drama•272 pages

Taste attributes: dramaunsavouryheavylinearemotive & stirringtroubled leadscomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeAn emotional, serious novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

"Award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay burst onto the scene with An Untamed State and the New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist (Harper Perennial). Gay returns with Difficult Women, a collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaTroubled leadsComplex relationshipInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

WomenAmerican Short storiesContemporary WomenLiteraryShort stories, American

Details

Author
Roxane Gay
Published
2017
Pages
272
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