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Posted 2013-01-24 4:51 PM (#4608 - in reply to #4557)
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Oddly enough, although I think Lanagan has a dark streak of intentional or unintentional misandry in her books, I hadn't really thought of her as a fierce feminist, at least in her fiction. I did actually find The Brides of Rollrock Island a bit unpleasant in the extent to which it was simply assumed that all adult men were evil - but I guess I don't really get the impression of an '-ism' behind Lanagan's works. She feels more naturalist than that (even when she's describing things that are unnatural).

That said, I would encourage you to read her anyway - she's a brilliant prose stylist and a writer of distinctive, odd, finely observed and realistic, often slightly disturbing stories. Both Tender Morsels and The Brides of Rollrock Island are very good books indeed (though I don't think they're unreservedly brilliant - I seem to be in a minority in that respect). I'd say Tender Morsels is maybe the more accessible book - in that more happens and it's closer to having a traditional plot. By the way, although Brides may not have won any major awards itself, it's an expansion of a WFA-winning novella.

However, personally, I think that her collection, Black Juice, is better, or at least more interesting, if you like short stories. It won the WFA for Best Collection, and the main story won the WFA for Best Short Fiction.

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