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Rag: Stories | Maryse Meijer
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From the author of Heartbreaker, a disquieting collection tracing the destructive consequences of the desire for connection A man, forgotten by the world, takes care of his deaf brother while euthanizing dogs for a living. A stepbrother so desperately wants to become his stepsibling that he rapes his girlfriend. In Maryse Meijers decidedly dark and searingly honest collection Rag, the desperate human desire for connection slips into a realm that approximates horror. Meijers explosive debut collection, Heartbreaker, reinvented sexualized and romantic taboos, holding nothing back. In Rag, Meijers fearless follow-up, she shifts her focus to the dark heart of intimacies of all kinds, and the ways in which isolated peoples yearning for community can breed violence, danger, and madness. With unparalleled precision, Meijer spins stories that leave you troubled and slightly shaken by her uncanny ability to elicit empathy for societys most marginalized people.
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🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
Dark, strange, haunting and very inventive storytelling!
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Rag: Stories | Maryse Meijer
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Yesterday I was part of an Instagram meetup in NYC and naturally we made a pit-stop at the Strand before proceeding to a place nearby for a chat over drinks—
this is the not-so-little stack I walked away with 🙂🙃🙂📚📚📚📚 #bookhaul

Leftcoastzen Yay Strand! 6y
saresmoore Here‘s the thing, I just want to, like, borrow all of your books. 6y
mrozzz Yay!!! 😄😄😄📚📚📚💸 @Leftcoastzen 6y
mrozzz Hahahahah!!! ☺️ @saresmoore I mean... I‘m always happy to part with some once I‘ve read them! 6y
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Rag: Stories | Maryse Meijer
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Well I made it through the bloody miscarriage story but then I got to the dog animal testing story and seriously wondered why this was published and why I was reading it.

Smrloomis Don‘t think I would have made it that far 😱 6y
saresmoore Yikes. 6y
Susanita WTF? That sounds like a hot mess, and not in a good way. 6y
ReadingEnvy @Susanita I keep trying to appreciate these female writers who are pushing the limits but inevitably I just can't do it 6y
JennyM 😳 6y
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