Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters
Author | : Jessica Treat |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015080825725 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Jessica Treat's stories invite readers in, only to make them complicit in transgressive acts, real or imagined: adultery, trespassing , sexual jealousy. Her dark humor and portrayal of consciousness recall authors as diverse as Amy Hempel, Mary Caponegro, and Lydia Davis. Comic, skillful, and menacing, the stories in Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters haunt us long after we've fallen under their spell. Jessica Treat is author of two story collections: A Robber in the House (Coffee House Press) and Not a Chance (FC2). Her stories appear in anthologies and journals, including Ms. Magazine, Black Warrior Review, and American Literary Review.