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You Know You Want This

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  • You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian
  • You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian
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From the author of the global sensation Cat Person comes You Know You Want This, a compulsive short story collection about sex, dating and modern life that will thrill you before it chills you.You Know You Want This is about the ways in which women are horrifying as much as it is about the horrors that are done to them. There's a couple who becomes obsessed with their friend hearing them have sex, then seeing them have sex... until they can?t have sex without him; a woman who finds a book of spells half hidden at the library and summons her heart?s desire- a nameless, naked man; a ten-year-old whose birthday party takes a sinister turn when she wishes for "something mean"; and a self-proclaimed "biter" who dreams of sneaking up behind and sinking her teeth into a green-eyed, long-haired, pink-cheeked coworker. Though the stories span a range of genres-covering territory from the mundane to the murderous and supernatural-they are all, in the end, horror stories. They are stories about sex and punishment, guilt and anger, the pleasure and terror of inflicting and experiencing pain. They fascinate and repel, revolt and arouse, scare and delight in equal measure. And, as a collection, they point a finger at the reader, daring them to feel uncomfortable... or, worse, understood, as if to say, "You want this, right? You know you want this.

Author Biography:

Kristen Roupenian graduated from Barnard and holds a PhD in African Literature from Harvard. She is a Zell Fellow in the University of Michigan MFA program, and has received numerous awards for her work. She has studied with Laura Kasischke, Jeff Van der Meer and Claire Vaye Watkins. Her short story 'Cat Person' became a viral sensation when it was published by the New Yorker at the end of 2017, dubbed 'the most talked-about short story ever?. You Know You Want This is her first book.
Release date NZ
February 7th, 2019
Pages
240
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Jonathan Cape Ltd
ISBN-13
9781787331334
Product ID
28354798

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