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Shut up, you're pretty : stories / Téa Mutonji.
In Tea Mutonji's debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic.These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator's experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781551527550
- ISBN: 1551527553
- Physical Description: 135 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Canada : VS. Books, an imprint of Arsenal Pulp Press, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Tits for cigs -- Parchment paper -- The event -- Down the lakeshore -- If not happiness -- This is only temporary -- Phyllis Green -- Ten-year reunion -- Theresa is getting married -- The boy from my youth -- The common room -- Men, tricks, and money -- The waitress -- Shut up you're pretty -- Women talking -- Old-fashioneds -- Sober party -- Tilapia fish. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women > Fiction. Femininity > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliothèque Allard Regional Library. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Allard Branch.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allard Branch | FIC MUT (Text) | 37842000833139 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
