The Book of X

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I loved every page of this gorgeous, grotesque, heartbreaking novel -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties The Book of X traverses the mundane and the surreal - from grocery lists to blooming meat, menstrual blood to a jealousy removal shop - laying bare the absurdities of womanhood. A truly original writer, Etter continues to push the boundaries of her imagination... and ours -- Melissa Broder, author of Death Valley Utterly unique and remarkable... Sarah Rose Etter takes the surreal and expertly shapes it into a portrait that is as beautiful and compelling as it is horrifying and unbearable... Etter brilliantly, viciously lays bare what it means to be a woman in the world, what it means to hurt, to need, to want, so much it consumes everything -- Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist More surreal than traditional dystopia, this experimental novel follows a woman born with her stomach twisted into a literal knot, living in a world where female suffering is normalised. It's a powerful allegory for bodily autonomy, beauty standards and inherited pain * ELLE * There are very few good reasons to use the word oneiric in a sentence and here is one of them: It's one of the few English adjectives appropriate to Sarah Rose Etter's novel about a woman born with a stomach disfigurement who navigates the world (as we all do) with the trepidation and fury and occasional exultation that results from having a disappointing body * Vulture (Best Books of 2019) *