Pig tales
Subtitle: a novel of lust and transformation
By: Marie Darrieussecq ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale
Contributors: Coverdale, Linda
Series: The New Press international fiction series
Publisher: New Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781565843615
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Work titles: Truismes
Description: A woman working in a beauty parlor chronicles her descent into gluttony and lust. In one word, she is becoming a pig and she even grows a corkscrew tail. The woman's transformation reflects that of her country, raked by revolution, epidemics and famine. Part fantasy, part satire on France. A debut in fiction.