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Lesser known monsters of the 21st century / stories by Kim Fu.

by Fu, Kim, 1987-

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Coach House Books, 2022.

Monsters -- Fiction.

Technology and civilization -- Fiction.

Death -- Fiction.

9781552454367 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

Lesser known monsters of the twenty-first century.

180 p. ; 20 cm.

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"In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman. These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological conse- quence, guilt and sexuality, as they unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us."--publisher.

Canadian fiction.

Short stories, Canadian.

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