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Iris and the Dead
Paperback
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $20.00
ISBN13: 9781771669290
Publisher: Book*hug Press
Published: Jun 10 2025
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Longlisted for 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada
This haunting exploration of love and desire, disability and madness, trauma and recovery, is a diaristic marvel for fans of Annie Ernaux.
Weaving personal memory with magic realism and folklore, Iris and the Dead asks: What if you could look back and tell someone exactly how they changed the course of your life?
For our narrator, that someone is Iris, the counsellor with whom she developed an unusual, almost violent bond. There are things she needs to tell Iris: some that she hid during the brief time they knew each other, and some that she has learned since. She was missing her mind the autumn they spent together and has since regained it.
Iris and the Dead unfurls the hidden power dynamics of abuse, offering a beguiling inquiry into intergenerational trauma, moral ambiguity, and queer identity.
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