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'Ravishingly beautiful' Observer<BR>'Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative' Irish Times<BR>'Provocative and rich' Economist<BR>'Daring, chilling, and unlike anything else you've ever read' Esquire<BR>'An absolute must-read' Stylist<BR><BR>WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021 <BR><BR>'A masterpiece. Proceed with caution' Phoebe Bridgers<BR><BR>In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse.<BR><BR>Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds events up to the light and examines them from distinct angles. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction, infusing all with her characteristic wit, playfulness and openness to enquiry. The result is a powerful book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties<BR><BR>In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.<BR><BR>And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope-the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman-through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships.<BR><BR>Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018<BR><BR>'Brilliantly inventive and blazingly smart' Garth Greenwell<BR>'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable' Roxane Gay<BR>'A wild thing ... covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi' New York Times<BR><BR>In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism.<BR><BR>A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague spreads across the earth. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery about a store's dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted house guest. <BR>A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.

Literatur als Brennglas weiblicher Lebensrealitäten: Carmen Maria Machado kehrt nach außen, welches Leid Frauen und ihren Körpern beigebracht wird. Sie erschafft Welten von hypnotischer Kraft, dunkel und strahlend zugleich. Dieser elektrisierende Erzählungsband kündet von einer literarischen Revolution.Ein grünes Band, das zum Auslöser eines Übergriffs wird. Ein Ballkleid, das mit der Haut seiner Trägerin vernäht wird. Ein weiblicher Körper, der von Tag zu Tag durchsichtiger wird. Carmen Maria Machado erzählt von Frauen, deren Existenzen von Männern gewaltsam überschrieben werden und fragt: Wie können Frauen in einer Welt überleben, die sie - ob durch Ehe, Mutterschaft, Tod oder Ballkleider - zum Verschwinden bringen will? Dabei reißt Machado unbekümmert alle Barrieren ein, die je zwischen psychologischem Realismus und Science Fiction, Komik und Horror, Fantasy und Fabeln bestanden haben. Aus der permanenten inhaltlichen wie stilistischen Grenzüberschreitung gehen Texte von verblüffender Originalität hervor, die die Lebensrealitäten von Frauen und die ihnen innenwohnende Sprengkraft mit großer literarischer Wucht kartografieren.Ein ausgezeichnetes Buch!National Book Award (Shortlist)+++Bard Fiction Prize (gewonnen)+++National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize (gewonnen)+++Crawford Award (gewonnen)+++Shirley Jackson Award (gewonnen)+++Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (gewonnen)+++American Booksellers Association's Indies Choice Book Awards (gewonnen)+++New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association's Book of the Year (gewonnen)+++Bisexual Book Award for Fiction (gewonnen)+++Richard Yates Short Story Prize (gewonnen)+++Best of Philly: Writer on the Rise (gewonnen)+++LA Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (Shortlist)+++PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction (Shortlist)+++Kirkus Prize (Shortlist)+++Calvino Prize (Shortlist)+++World Fantasy Award (Shortlist)+++Nebula Award (Shortlist)+++Franz Ka? a Award in Magic Realism (Shortlist)+++storySouth Million Writers Award (Shortlist)+++Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction (Shortlist)+++Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (Shortlist)+++Tiptree Award (Shortlist)+++The Dylan Thomas Prize (Shortlist)+++Bisexual Book Award for Best Writer of the Year (Shortlist)+++Locus Awards (Shortlist)+++Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize (Shortlist)+++The Story Prize (Longlist)+++John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Longlist)+++Hugo Award (Longlist)