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1. Claire Oshetsky

Chouette

A fierce and darkly joyful fable about mothering an unusual child from an electric new voice

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Evil Genius

"[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * New York Times * People * Vulture It’s 1974 and San Francisco is full of mystery and menace. Nineteen-year-old Celia Dent keeps telling herself how lucky she is to be working at the phone company and to be married to her Drew, a man who says he loves her. Celia’s contentment with her little life is shattered, though, when a woman she knows from work is murdered in a love tryst gone awry. What would that be like, Celia wonders, to die for love—or to kill for love? What would it be like to live each moment passionately and with full awareness that each breath is bringing her closer to her last? Before Celia knows it, her musings about love-and-death happenings are bleeding into daily life. Suddenly she’s playing hooky from work and searching for a love tryst of her very own. She’s practicing her marksmanship at a local gun range and thinking about how good it would feel to bury something sharp inside her domineering husband’s ear. It’s all pretend, though, until the night comes when Celia finally goes too far, and she and Drew are set on a deadly collision course. Exhilarating, surreal, and bitingly clever, Evil Genius is a comic noir exploring obsession and desire—and what happens when a sweetly seditious young woman dares to imagine a better life.

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Benim Zavalli Geyigim

Bir cocugun hafizasi, bazen gercegin agirligini tasiyamayacak kadar narindir. Margaret Murphynin dünyasi da tam olarak böyle. En yakin arkadasi Agnesin öldügü gün yasananlari bir türlü unutamiyor ve o günden beri yüreginde bir sucluluk duygusuyla yasiyor. Aslinda hic kimse olan bitenden ötürü Margareti suclamiyor. Öyle ki annesi, kizinin o gün evden disari adimini bile atmadigini söylüyor. Margaret yalniz kaldiginda, icindeki boslugu doldurmak icin masallar uydurmaya basliyor umutla ve mutlu sonla biten masallar. Derken bir varlik beliriyor. Bir geyik. Tedirgin edici, bilge, israrci Margaretin kurdugu hikayelere karisan bu esrarengiz varlik, kücük kizi kactigi gerceklerle yüzlesmeye cagiriyor ve Margaret icin karanlikla yüzlesme vakti geliyor. PENFaulkner Ödülü adayi Claire Oshetsky bu romaninda büyülü gerceklige yeni bir soluk getirirken, özgün dili ve carpici kurgusuyla da unutulmaz bir anlati ortaya koyuyor. Güzel oldugu kadar ürkütücü de Yas, edebiyatta sik islenen bir konu olsa da Oshetskynin elinde bu tanidik mesele taze ve tuhaf bir hal aliyor Oshetsky, Benim Zavalli Geyigimle hayalgücü sinir tanimayan zihinlerin ozani oldugunu bir kez daha kanitliyor.New York Times Book Review

1. Claire Oshetsky

Evil Genius

"[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "This surreal, darkly hilarious novel about desire and the agency of women is delightfully original." — People “[A] sharp (and brutally funny) book.” — Real Simple “Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen meets Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho meets Barbara Loden’s Wanda meets all kinds of queer feminist theory in the latest from Claire Oshetsky. . . . Against the backdrop of 1970s San Francisco, the fantasy gets a little too real for a 19-year-old daydreamer and phone company employee. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of humor in between the murder.” — Greta Rainbow, Bustle “A tightly calibrated psychological thriller that benefits from the subtlety of its language.” — Toronto Star “Masterful. . . A remarkable exploration of domestic abuse, coming-of-age, and the freedom to build our own lives.” — Booklist (starred review) “This turn-of-the-thumbscrews-tense novel upends noir conventions." — Los Angeles Times (“10 Best Books to Read in February”) "Deadpan and strange." — Vulture (“8 New Books to Read This February”) "Oshetsky blends noir sensibilities with their signature surrealism, effortlessly slipping between dark humor and unnerving sensuality. The result is thrilling." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “This dark, unconventional comedy is quirky, surprising, and sharp.” — Electric Literature “Darkly charming, highly original, and fiendishly clever.” — Kirkus (Starred Review) “With their fourth novel, Evil Genius, Claire Oshetsky ascends to the throne as the monarch of unreliable narrators. . . . Although Evil Genius is set in mid-’70s San Francisco, it harks back to a noir convention established by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett nearly a hundred years ago . . . . But Oshetsky twists expectations in a manner uniquely their own. They adroitly draw upon literary tra ditions without being bound by them, craft ing a singular and captivating blend of noir and surrealism.” — BookPage (starred review) "A deliciously twisted send-up of standard mystery fare." — Alta “Evil Genius is both wickedly dark and decidedly funny. . . . What could have been a straightforward satire of the confessional true-crime genre is actually much more profound . . . This is a fantastically entertaining portrait of an unforgettable character.” — Bookreporter “Oshetsky’s novel deftly rattles toward an inevitable collision course for its characters. Readers who enjoy noir plots injected with comedy will enjoy.” — Library Journal "An enthralling, sharply funny, and unsettling read about abuse, murder, and desecrated Barbie dolls. Clever, biting, and impossible to put down." — Emily Austin, author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead “In Evil Genius, Claire Oshetsky gives us the dark, brutal, and often hilarious voice of a character we see often, but so rarely get to hear from—the woman in a mid-20th century potboiler. Campy and exciting; surreal and sad. This is another stunner from a truly original writer.” — Ainslie Hogarth, author of Motherthing “Strange, savage, and so compelling, Evil Genius is a can't-stop-turning-the-pages story about murder and the phone company. Claire Oshetsky's singular voice brings Celia to crackling life, even as the people around her keep dropping dead.” — Julia Phillips, author of Bear and Disappearing Earth “Evil Genius will rip your lips in the best possible ways. This sly, understated, and disarmingly unhinged novel makes you love sharp Celia Dent as she spins deliriously out of control. Perfect for comic-horror girlies who read Moshfegh's Eileen and Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle and wanted more mayhem.” — Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger

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Hirschtier

Ein wundersamer, zärtlicher Roman über ein junges Mädchen, das sich mit seiner Rolle bei einem tragischen Verlust auseinandersetzt Margaret Murphy wächst in einer Welt auf, in der die Wahrheit für ein kleines Mädchen zu viel ist, um sie zu ertragen. Ihre erste Erinnerung ist der Tag, an dem ihre Freundin Agnes starb. Seither denkt sie sich Geschichten aus, um mit der Erfahrung zurechtzukommen.Niemand gibt Margaret die Schuld. Nicht öffentlich. Ihre Mutter beteuert gegenüber jedem, der es hören will, dass ihre Tochter an diesem Tag nicht einmal das Haus verlassen habe. Allein gelassen, um der Tragödie einen Sinn zu geben, willigt Margaret ein, diese unerträglichen Erinnerungen zu vergessen und sie durch erdachte Geschichten voller Glauben und Magie zu ersetzen, die immer glücklich enden.Doch dann taucht das Hirschtier auf: Ein seltsames und furchterregendes Wesen, das sich unaufgefordert in Margarets erfundene Geschichten einschleicht. Hirschtier wird nicht ruhen, bis Margaret sich der Wahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit stellt. Herzzerreißend, hoffnungsvoll und mit kühner Fantasie erforscht 'Hirschtier' den Weg zum Verständnis der Kinder, die wir einst waren, und der Geschichten, die wir uns selbst erzählen, um die schwierigsten Momente des Lebens zu bewältigen

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Poor Deer