Fen

Paperback Published on: 08/06/2017
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Bookseller Reviews

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Fen
Weird, wild, phantasmic
Fen is brilliant, weird, unsettling and enlightening, all in equal measure. Daisy Johnson is a supremely talented writer who conveys desire and longing lik... READ MORE
Jack at Bromley

Synopsis

From the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Everything Under.

The Fen is a liminal land. Real people live their lives here. They wrestle with sex and desire, with everyday routine. But the wild is always close at hand, ready to erupt. This is a place where animals and people commingle and fuse, where curious metamorphoses take place, where myth and dark magic still linger.

So here a teenager may starve herself into the shape of an eel. A house might fall in love with a girl. A woman might give birth to a, well, what?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781784702106
  • Number of pages: 208
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 170g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Fen
A sensual, surreal and beguiling collection
This collection of short stories is a savage, stark and beautiful addition to the current surge in the genre. Set in an unnamed village deep in the fens (t... READ MORE
Jess, Bookseller Brighton
Fen
Dark, lingering and beautiful short stories.
If you are looking to stumble across something different, a book you may not have picked to read yourself or something that will widen your usual reading c... READ MORE
Ella Hughes