Paradise Rot

Description

“As intriguing and impressive a novelist as she is a musician, Hval is a master of quiet horror and wonder.”
–Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick

Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo’s sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh.

This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Jenny Hval, Marjam Idriss (Translator)
Published: 03/12/2024
Publisher: Verso Fiction
ISBN: 9781804294529
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 7.70″ L x 5.00″ W

About the Author

Norwegian musician and writer Jenny Hval has honed an intellectual and uncompromising view of politics and sexuality in her prose as well as in records that include Blood Bitch; Apocalypse, Girl; and Innocence Is Kinky. Paradise Rot is the first of her books to appear in English.