Choi Eunyoung’s Shoko’s Smile Captures Complexity in Clear Prose
The complexity of human relationships is intensified by political incidents in South Korean writer Choi Eunyoung’s debut collection, Shoko’s Smile.
feminist fiction
Transformation, Consumption, and Confusion in the Alternate World of Mariko Ōhara’s ‘Hybrid Child’
Gender is fluid, children are murdered, mothers are monsters, and nobody is safe on the distant planet of Caritas, where humans have settled and the governing female AI system is insane.
Triptych the Light Fantastic: Nicole Brossard’s ‘Mauve Desert’
A frustrating, demanding and ultimately fascinating exercise in experimental fiction, Mauve Desert is the story of one adolescent’s life colliding with the emotional landscapes of others’.