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This experimental novel by Kathy Acker follows the protagonist's collection of an inheritance, which leads her to revisit and reinterpret traumatic scenes from the past. The speaker, a self-proclaimed collector, lustily ransacks world literature to celebrate and challenge the discourse around art, love, life, and death. The narrative switches perspectives, identities, genders, and centuries, making for a form-shifting narrative that challenges the traditional boundaries of fiction.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Literary Fiction/Experimental Fiction
Authors: Kathy Acker
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