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The Life of a Creature
Paperback
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.95
ISBN13: 9781834050287
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
An astonishing debut story collection about the interconnection between humans and animals navigating love, loss, and healing
Creatures swim, slither, and soar their way through this stunning short story collection about the inextricable nature of humans and animals that celebrates and bears witness to our fellow creatures and to the complex emotional terrain of our own lives.
A woman's personal trauma and anxiety are intertwined with the lives of the feral dogs abandoned in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. As a lesbian love affair unravels, the secrets of a gift-giving crow are revealed. The life of a veterinarian is told through the animals that she has loved and that she has tried to save. A dying man dreams of returning as a vulture after death. The plight of sea turtles on the brink of extinction weaves through a mother's devastation over the loss of a daughter.
Beautiful in its renderings of human experience, The Life of a Creature is a tender and haunting book imbued with the deeply sensory intimacies of the animal world.
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