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Mothers and Other Monsters - Maureen F. McHugh
Mothers and Other Monsters
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Insightful, beautifully written debut collection.
Insightful, beautifully written debut collection.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781931520133 (1931520135)
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Pages no: 237
Edition language: English
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Barrita
Barrita rated it
Wow. Confieso que no estaba muy entusiasmada con este libro, pero me llamó la atención porque se puede conseguir gratuitamente aqui en Goodreads y decidí aprovechar la oportunidad.Comencé a leerlo sin fijarme mucho en el género o las clasificaciones e ingenuamente esperaba clichés sobre las madres. ...
cindywho
cindywho rated it
I've wondered if the McHughs characters seem so real because they're often so depressed. This was a free electronic book that I read on a touch. Many of the stories were meditations on motherhood or caretaking, one was a precursor to Nekropolis. It wasn't all her best stuff, but an interesting co...
spocksbro
spocksbro rated it
I was reminded of Chekhov (the Russian author, not Enterprises' navigator) when reading this collection for several reasons:(1) I'm in the midst of plowing through all 13 volumes of Constance Garnett's translations of Chekhov, so he's on my mind and the temptation to compare and contrast is strong.(...
michaelhartford
michaelhartford rated it
4.0 Mothers & Other Monsters
If any writer is ready to pick up Ursula LeGuin’s mantle (not, we hope, that LeGuin is going to lay her mantle down any time soon . . .), it’s Maureen McHugh. In this collection of thirteen stories, McHugh shows that speculative fiction can be smart, warm, and funny, and so perfectly written that yo...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it
4.0 Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories
I picked it up because of the title. I brought it home because of the blurbs on the cover from Ursula K. Le Guin & Mary Doria Russell. I was not disappointed. Taut, concise short fiction with a delightfully odd imaginative twist. The stories are strikingly different from one another and all are as t...
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