{"product_id":"9781558612952","title":"Panics","description":"Author: Barbara Molinard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781558612952\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradictions of the twentieth-century female experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA close friend and protege of Marguerite Duras, Barbara Molinard (19211986) wrote and wrote feverishly, but only managed to publish one book in her lifetime: the surreal, nightmarish collection\u003ci\u003ePanics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese thirteen stories beat with a frantic, off-kilter rhythm as Molinard obsesses over sickness, death, and control. A woman becomes transfixed by a boa constrictor at her local zoo, mysterious surgeons dismember their patient, and the author narrates to Duras how she was stopped from sleeping in a cemetery vault, only to be haunted by the pain of sleeping on its stone floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unsettling tradition of Franz Kafka, Djuna Barnes, Leonara Carrington, and more,Panicsrecovers the work of a tormented writer who often destroyed her writing as soon as she produced it, and whose insights into violence, mental illness, and bodily autonomy are simultaneously absurdist and razor-sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830039597214,"sku":"ADS-9781558612952","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781558612952.jpg?v=1778558768","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781558612952","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}