Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • &“This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.&”—People&“Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.&”—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All FoursNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS&’ CHOICE • A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)In this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters&’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition.Three startling stories surround Stag Dance: &“Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones&” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In &“The Chaser,&” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, &“The Masker,&” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood.Acidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles, and delights.
Copyright:
2025

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
304 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593446362
Related ISBNs:
9780593595640, 9780593912652, 9780593912669
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Torrey Peters
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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