{"product_id":"girls-against-god-paperback-3","title":"Girls Against God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenny Hval\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-warping, time-travelling horror novel-slash-feminist manifesto for fans of Clarice Lispector and Jeanette Winterson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her work, things start stirring themselves up. In a corner of Oslo a coven of witches begin cooking up some curses. A time-travelling Edvard Munch arrives in town to join a death metal band, closely pursued by the teenaged subject of his painting Puberty, who has murder on her mind. Meanwhile, out deep in the forest, a group of school girls get very lost and things get very strange. And awful things happen in aspic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJenny Hval's latest novel is a radical fusion of queer feminist theory and experimental horror, and a unique treatise on magic, writing and art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Strange and lyrical. Hval's writing is surreal and rich with the grotesque banalities of human existence.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The themes of alienation, queerness, and the unsettling nature of desire align Hval with modern mainstays like Chris Kraus, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Maggie Nelson.\" --\u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorwegian writer and musician\u003cb\u003e Jenny Hval\u003c\/b\u003e has honed an intellectual and uncompromising view of politics and sexuality in her prose as well as in records that include \u003ci\u003eBlood Bitch; Apocalypse, Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eInnocence Is Kinky\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eParadise Rot\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to acclaim in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47474499518685,"sku":"9781788738958","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/YkY3cE9VdmRsY3NiMGl6N2lFOUZIQT09_4c28446f-6b20-4259-a6b0-7d0f2b54fa31.webp?v=1771731960","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/girls-against-god-paperback-3","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}