Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance and belonging
Jen Beagin Livres
Jen Beagin crée des récits centrés sur des personnages naviguant en marge de la société, s'efforçant de trouver leur place dans le monde. Son style distinctif est à la fois incisif et humoristique, abordant souvent les aspects les plus sombres de la vie avec un esprit inattendu. Ses œuvres explorent des dynamiques interpersonnelles complexes et la quête d'authenticité dans une réalité ambiguë. Beagin offre une perspective unique sur la condition humaine à travers ses protagonistes non conventionnels.
Big Swiss
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware
Vacuum in the Dark
- 240pages
- 9 heures de lecture
From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead comes a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a kind novel, for fans of Sally Rooney and Joshua Ferris