Title:
I'm a fan : a novel / Sheena Patel.
ISBN:
9781644452455
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2023]
©2022
Physical Description:
203 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
"First published in 2022 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Books"-- Title page verso.
Summary:
"Sheena Patel's incandescent first novel begins with the unnamed narrator describing her involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, she dissects the behavior of all involved, herself included, and makes startling connections between the power struggles at the heart of human relationships and those of the wider world. I'm a Fan offers a devastating critique of class, social media, patriarchy's hold on us, and our cultural obsession with status and how that status is conveyed. In this unforgettable debut, Patel announces herself as a dynamic, commanding new voice in literature, capable of rendering a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences viscerally on the page. Sex, brutality, politics, work, art, tenderness, humor-Patel tackles them all while making the reader complicit in the inescapable trap of fandom that seems to define the modern condition."-- Provided by publisher.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1395906634
Availability:
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