The Babysitter at Rest

The Babysitter at Rest

Fiction. Five storiesâ€”several as long as novellasâ€”introduce the world to Jen George, a writer whose furiously imaginative new voice calls to mind Donald Barthelme and Leonora Carrington no less than Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus. In "Guidance/The Party," an ethereal alcoholic "Guide" in robes and flowing hair appears to help a thirty- three-year-old woman prepare a party for her belated adulthood; "Take Care of Me Forever" tragically lambasts the medical profession as a ship of fools afloat in loneliness and narcissism; "Instruction" chronicles a season in an unconventional art school called The Warehouse, where students divide their time between orgies, art critiques, and burying dead racehorses. Combining slapstick, surrealism, erotica, and social criticism, Jen George's sprawling creative energy belies the secret precision and unexpected tenderness of everything she writes.

"I had to judge a story contest of 600+ anonymous stories and I read each one and without hesitation Jen George's story was my favourite. I'm so happy this collection exists. I feel drunk with love for these stories. They're so funny and weird and true."â€”Sheila Heti

"Reading THE BABYSITTER AT REST is an immersion into a hidden world. It's a place which is at first recognizable, before it becomes completely warped. Jen George has a way of bending the narrative which is distinctly her own. Her stories are at once poignant and disciplined in their abstraction, and hilarious in their inappropriate and reckless abandon."â€”Matthew Barney

"With a weird, beautiful energy, George explores the challenges of woman-being: singlehood, self-doubt, motherhood, the dismaying fact of aging, the (dis)ability to love. A modern-day Jane Bowles, George engages these mysteries in prose that is funny, charming, dark, and insightful."â€”Deb Olin Unferth
Country USA
Brand Dorothy, a publishing project
Manufacturer Dorothy, a publishing project
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2016-10-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780997366624

Country	USA
Brand	Dorothy, a publishing project
Manufacturer	Dorothy, a publishing project
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2016-10-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780997366624

The Babysitter at Rest

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