Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust and Transformation (New Press International Fiction) - Softcover

Darrieussecq, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565844424 ISBN 13: 9781565844421

Publisher: The New Press, 1998

Synopsis

Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/ massage” parlor. She enjoys great success until she slowly metamorphoses into . . . a pig. What happens to her then overturns all our ideas about relationships between man, woman, and beast in a stunning feminist fable of political and sexual corruption.

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Review:

Franz Kafka meets George Orwell in this dark, dystopian tale. Set in Paris in the near future, the story revolves around a young woman who works as a beautician and masseuse, and for whom happiness is derived from perfumes, shampoos and generally hedonistic pursuits. One day she realizes she is slowly (and quite literally) becoming a pig. Life as a neophyte porker, she discovers, isn't all that bad, though it does contain some unique dangers. She remains extremely popular with her massage customers, who take unusual glee in adopting her barnyard ways. Unfortunately, it is difficult for a pig to find true love in a human world; abandoned by her lover, her days blur into an endless stream of swine-like debauchery. Then she meets Yvan, a young corporate type who sometimes becomes a wolf. Pig Tales, a Prix Goncourt finalist and overnight sensation in France, is Marie Darrieussecq's first book.

About the Author:

Marie Darrieussecq is the author of several novels, including Pig Tales and My Phantom Husband (The New Press). She was awarded the prestigious Prix Médicis in 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1565844424
• ISBN 13: 9781565844421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144