Sarahland : stories
Cohen, Sam, 1982-2021
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"In SARAHLAND, Sam Cohen brilliantly (and often hilariously) explores the ways in which traditional stories have failed us, giving its cast of Sarahs new origin stories, new ways to love the planet and those inhabiting it, and new possibilities for life itself. In one story, a Jewish college girl named Sarah suffers from passively consenting to a form-life devoted to getting one's "mrs." degree. Yet another reveals a version of Sarah finally finding peace with her favorite local necrophiliac. A Buffy-loving Sarah continues her misguided search for self in a twin-- while probing fan culture. As the collection progresses, Cohen explodes this search for self, insisting that we have more to resist and repair than our own personal narrative. Readers watch as the ever-evolving "Sarah" gets recast: as a biblical trans woman, a lesbian literally growing roots, a being who transcends the earth as we know it. While Cohen presents a world that will clearly someday end, "Sarah" will continue. In each Sarah's refusal to adhere to a single narrative, she might even help build a better home for all of us, a place to live that demands no fixity of self, no plague of consumerism, no bodily compromise, a place called SARAHLAND"-- Provided by publisher
Main title:
Sarahland : stories / Sam Cohen.
Author:
Cohen, Sam, 1982-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2021.©2021
Collation:
199 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Sarahland -- Naked furniture -- Exorcism, or eating my twin -- Dream palace -- The first Sarah -- Gemstones -- Gossip -- Becoming trees -- All the teenaged Sarahs -- The purple epoch.
ISBN:
9781538735060 (hbk)9781538735060
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
403186
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | COHE | Available |