Stag Dance (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
From the razor-sharp mind of Torrey Peters comes Stag Dance, a searing collection of novellas that tears through the conventions of gender, identity, and desire with unflinching precision. Set across a range of intimate and often volatile spaces, the stories chronicle the lives of transgender women navigating a world that refuses to see them clearly — caught between the identities they claim and the ones imposed upon them. Peters brings her signature blend of dark wit, erotic tension, and emotional rawness to each narrative, constructing worlds that are simultaneously brutal and tender, absurd and achingly real. A pivotal voice in contemporary transgender literature, Peters argues — through her fiction — that identity is never fixed but endlessly performed, contested, and reimagined. Her prose is economical yet explosive, wielding irony and vulnerability in equal measure, drawing comparisons to writers like Chris Kraus and Mary Gaitskill. Stag Dance cements Peters' reputation as one of the most daring and necessary writers of her generation — and leaves the reader questioning everything they thought they knew about the boundaries of self.
Author: Torrey Peters
Format: Hardback
Published: 2025, Serpents Tail
Genre: Fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
From the razor-sharp mind of Torrey Peters comes Stag Dance, a searing collection of novellas that tears through the conventions of gender, identity, and desire with unflinching precision. Set across a range of intimate and often volatile spaces, the stories chronicle the lives of transgender women navigating a world that refuses to see them clearly — caught between the identities they claim and the ones imposed upon them. Peters brings her signature blend of dark wit, erotic tension, and emotional rawness to each narrative, constructing worlds that are simultaneously brutal and tender, absurd and achingly real. A pivotal voice in contemporary transgender literature, Peters argues — through her fiction — that identity is never fixed but endlessly performed, contested, and reimagined. Her prose is economical yet explosive, wielding irony and vulnerability in equal measure, drawing comparisons to writers like Chris Kraus and Mary Gaitskill. Stag Dance cements Peters' reputation as one of the most daring and necessary writers of her generation — and leaves the reader questioning everything they thought they knew about the boundaries of self.