Is It Sexual Harassment Yet - Softcover

Mazza, Cris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573660418 ISBN 13: 9781573660419

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1998

Synopsis

From the author of Revelation Countdown and Animal Acts, this collection of short stories conveys a sens e of the bewilderment and excitement of sexual desires. '

About this title

About the Author:

Cris Mazza's most recent books are Dog People, a novel, and Former Virgin, a collection of short fiction, both released in 1997. Mazza's other novels includeYour Name Here: _____, Exposed, and the Nelson Algren Award winningHow to Leave a Country. Her previous collections of short fiction are Revelation Countdownand Animal Acts. Mazza is also co-editor of Chick-Lit (1995) andChick-Lit 2 (1996), anthologies of women's fiction. A native of southern California, Mazza teaches in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

From Publishers Weekly:

With its free association, intentional illogic and run-on sentences, this short, illustrated first novel seems long. It lacks the creative vision that can make stream of consciousness liberating rather than tiresome. It is dominated by passages like: "When Mabel's shoes pinched they belonged to her sister, it was part of the listening to learn this." The plot is slight: Mabel is engaged to Hammond, but is also attracted to Harmon. Her sister Madeline is involved with a man named Hugo. When Hammond goes off to war, Mabel and Harmon have an affair, and she gives birth to a son, Harold. When Hammond returns, he stays with Mabel for a while, then leaves her for another woman. It is difficult to care about any of this, or to get a sense of any of the characters. One is primarily aware of the language, which serves to obscure rather than enlighten. Photos not seen by PW.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573660418
• ISBN 13: 9781573660419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224