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Large Animals, Paperback / softback Book

Large Animals Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Daring, witty, and strange, the twelve stories in Large Animals confront what it means to have a body.

Jess Arndt's often-unnamed narrators battle with inhabiting a form that makes them feel both deeply uncomfortable and detached, constantly challenging the limits of gender and reality as they try to connect with other people and with themselves.

These are stories that rebel against accepted ideas of human identity and present a new normal that is as ambiguous as it is messy.

In 'Moon Colonies' the narrator's disconnect with their body leads them on a masochistic gambling spree.

In 'Jeff', Lily Tomlin mistakes Jess for Jeff, triggering a hilarious and unhinged identity crisis. And in 'Contrails', a character calls each of their ex lovers the night before surgery, confronting a gut-twisting fear of becoming non-existent.

Soupy, visceral, and often disconcerting, Large Animals sets a new standard for language, challenging our concepts of gender and body in a way that feels radical, insightful, and incredibly relevant.

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