![]() ![]() The book’s first story, “The Husband Stitch” is a grownup retelling of Alvin Schwartz’s “The Green Ribbon” (which was itself a retelling of Washington Irving’s 1824 short story “The Adventure of the German Student”). ![]() Machado’s work draws frequent comparisons with the reworked fairy tales of Angela Carter, and something tells me she’s totally fine with that. Its eight short stories use horror and science fiction as vehicles to address domestic and sexual violence, eating disorders and mental health, impossible and oxymoronic expectations placed on women every day, and other problems women face that will never end up on the Disney channel (at least not in this lifetime). ![]() Her Body and Other Parties is a book that knows its roots but transcends them to form narratives that belong to no one else but its female protagonists. If you’ve ever wondered what the Grimm’s Fairy Tales would be like if they were written by a female and released smack dab in the middle of Trump’s presidency, you need to grab yourself a copy of Carmen Maria Machado’s debut short story collection. ![]()
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