Open Throat

Informationen zum Autor Henry Hoke is the author of the memoir Sticker , The Book of Endless Sleepovers , the story collection Genevieves , and the novel The Groundhog Forever . His work has appeared in Electric Literature , Triangle House , The Offing , and the Catapult anthology Tiny Crimes . He holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, where he taught for five years, and presently teaches at the University of Virginia Young Writers Workshop and lives in Brooklyn. Klappentext A mountain lion is on the brink of starvation in the urban landscape of Los Angeles. As it observes the city's perilous beauty and confronts climate change, inequality and love, the animal asks itself: Does it want to eat a human, or become one? Zusammenfassung A mountain lion is on the brink of starvation in the urban landscape of Los Angeles. As it observes the city’s perilous beauty and confronts climate change, inequality and love, the animal asks itself: Does it want to eat a human, or become one?

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Open Throat is a blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down. I am not convinced Henry Hoke isn't a mountain lion. Catherine Lacey, author of Pew

Product details

• Authors: Henry Hoke
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2023
• EAN: 9781035007752
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3500775-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 225 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Hollywood, FICTION / Coming of Age, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, Climate Change, FICTION / Action & Adventure, California, Beverly Hills, FICTION / Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION / Satire, FICTION / Animals, FICTION / Absurdist, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Myth & legend told as fiction, Of specific Gay interest, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Relating to gay people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / General, FICTION / World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION / Erotica / LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION / Erotica / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Novella (Short Novel), Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Gay & Lesbian