Jun '21 Notable Books: Brandon Taylor, Chi Ta-wei, Chris Offutt & Edward St. Aubyn
A recurring series on the most interesting book releases of the month...
Double Blind - Edward St. Aubyn (Jun. 1) - Expansive, playful, and compassionate, Edward St. Aubyn's Double Blind investigates themes of inheritance, determinism, freedom, consciousness, and the stories we tell about ourselves.
The Membranes - Chi Ta-wei (Jun. 1) - Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes--heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies--into a sensitive portrait of one young woman's quest for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands out for its queer and trans themes.
The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt (Jun. 15) - A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hills, is a compelling, propulsive thriller in which a suspicious death exposes the loyalties and rivalries of a deep-rooted and fiercely private community in the Kentucky backwoods.
Filthy Animals - Brandon Taylor (Jun. 22) - Psychologically taut and quietly devastating, Filthy Animals is a tender portrait of the fierce longing for intimacy, the lingering presence of pain, and the desire for love in a world that seems, more often than not, to withhold it.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
Double Blind - Edward St. Aubyn (Jun. 1) - Expansive, playful, and compassionate, Edward St. Aubyn's Double Blind investigates themes of inheritance, determinism, freedom, consciousness, and the stories we tell about ourselves.
The Membranes - Chi Ta-wei (Jun. 1) - Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes--heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies--into a sensitive portrait of one young woman's quest for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands out for its queer and trans themes.
The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt (Jun. 15) - A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hills, is a compelling, propulsive thriller in which a suspicious death exposes the loyalties and rivalries of a deep-rooted and fiercely private community in the Kentucky backwoods.
Filthy Animals - Brandon Taylor (Jun. 22) - Psychologically taut and quietly devastating, Filthy Animals is a tender portrait of the fierce longing for intimacy, the lingering presence of pain, and the desire for love in a world that seems, more often than not, to withhold it.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
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