Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, The Wilds blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations, and fairy-tale transformations.At an

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The Wilds

Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, The Wilds blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations, and fairy-tale transformations.

At an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and the pseudo-religious dogma of Zen-infused self-help. And in a rinky-dink mill town, an adolescent girl is unexpectedly inspired by the ravings and miraculous levitation of her fundamentalist friendâ€™s weird grandmother. These are only a few of the scenarios readers encounter in Julia Elliottâ€™s debut collection The Wilds. In her genre-bending stories, Elliott blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations with fairy-tale transformations. Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, Elliottâ€™s language-driven fiction uses outlandish tropes to capture poignant moments in her humble charactersâ€™ lives. Without abandoning the tenets of classic storytelling, Elliott revels in lush lyricism, dark humor, and experimental play.

Country	USA
Author	Julia Elliott
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781935639930
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Tin House Books
Manufacturer	Tin House Books
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2014-10-14
Publisher	Tin House Books
ReleaseDate	2014-09-22
Studio	Tin House Books

The Wilds

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