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Unruly Creatures : Stories /

"In this collection rife with humor and pathos, alienated characters struggle to subvert, contain, control, and even escape their bodies. A teenage girl grapples with pubic hair grown wild, a biologist finds herself in love with a gorilla, a transvestite prisoner yearns to escape her biological...

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Autor principal: Caloyeras, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : Vandalia Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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