04151cam a2200613 4500 596333362 TxAuBib 20220729120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781936932498 1936932490 B07G2VVKQ5 Amazon B07G2VVKQ5 Amazon B07G2VVKQ5 Amazon 6b4d6968-80d7-430d-b5b9-8f167c48ea5a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4231138 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bakic, Asja. Mars [Bridges eBook] : Stories. The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2704kB. former Soviet Republic female experience. dystopian feminist science fiction. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. post-Soviet speculative fiction. science fiction short stories. post-Soviet female experience. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. feminist speculative fiction. former Soviet Union fiction. absurdist feminist fiction. absurdist science fiction. Humorous Science Fiction. feminist science fiction. Eastern Europe fiction. surreal short stories. dark science fiction. post-Soviet feminism. post-Soviet fiction. absurdist fiction. Croatia fiction. Balkan fiction. Bosnia fiction. HTML:<b>A debut collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the Balkans, "sly, uncommon stories" by "a major talent" (Jeff VanderMeer, award-winning author of <i>Hummingbird Salamander</i>).</b><br /> Mars showcases a series of unique and twisted universes, where every character is tasked with making sense of their strange reality. One woman will be freed from purgatory once she writes the perfect book; another abides in a world devoid of physical contact. With wry prose and skewed humor, an emerging feminist writer explores twenty-first century promises of knowledge, freedom, and power.<br /> <b>"Bakic's stories are a dark delight—a treasury of forbidden pleasures, moments of resistance and resilience, and terrifying possibilities." —Strange Horizons</b><br /> <b>"At turns funny, surreal, and grounded in simple language but flung through twisted realities, the stories in this collection are provocative and utterly readable." —The Brooklyn Rail</b><br /> <b>"Skillfully disorienting." —BUST</b><br /> <b>"There's an immediacy to Bakic's offbeat worldview, sometimes strange and surreal, sometimes terrifying and upsetting, that pairs perfectly with the madness of the current political moment." —Locus Magazine</b><br /> <b>"Bosnian writer Bakic's debut teems with the oddball narratives of George Saunders, the eerie atmosphere of Edgar Allan Poe, and the feminist intellect of Marge Piercyc. . . Told in a straightforward manner that transports speculative fiction into almost realist territory, Bakic's collection imaginatively and strikingly examines sci-fi tropes from not only the point of view of women, but also from the voice of an effortlessly gifted writer whose future is much brighter than that of those depicted in her stories." —Publishers Weekly</b> <b>(starred review)</b>. Science Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) Short Stories. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. Zoble, Jennifer. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6b4d6968-80d7-430d-b5b9-8f167c48ea5a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6b4d6968-80d7-430d-b5b9-8f167c48ea5a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6b4d6968-80d7-430d-b5b9-8f167c48ea5a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)