num_pages: 135
description: Pig Tales is a brilliant satirical novel about a stunning young woman working in a beauty 'massage' parlour. She enjoys extraordinary success at bringing home the bacon (in part due to her increasingly rosy and irresistible backside) until she slowly metamorphoses - into a pig. Rejected by her boyfriend, left to wander the sewers and forage for food in public parks, she takes up with a werewolf with insatiable appetites. They share everything (pizza is a particular favourite; she gets the pizza, he gets the delivery boy) until someone alerts the authorities and tragedy strikes . . .Gender, politics and social hypocrisy all come under scrutiny in this entertaining and enlightening novel. Pig Tales is a Metamorphosis for the present day, a dark fable of political and sexual corruption, and a grim warning of what can happen in a society without a soul.
language: English
title: Pig Tales : A Novel of Lust and Transformation
titlecomplete: Pig Tales : A Novel of Lust and Transformation
genres: Magical Realism, France, Feminism, Fantasy, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2817
places: Paris
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist
publisher: Faber and faber