Thursday, October 06, 2005

SCARE THE BEJESUS OUT OF MOI, WHY DONTCHA!!!

PAOLO JAVIER WRITES IN:

Eileen Tabios' revenge povel has the dubious honor of containing one of the longest and most violent gang-rape scenes committed to paper. What begins as a bittersweet poetic sequence about a widower's search for a new companion becomes a dark, surreal tale not for the squeamish. The tone of the book shifts seismically between beginning and end, and Tabios handles it seamlessly, moving from quiet, contemplative episodes of Jenny grieving by herself in her rented cabin in the woods to the psychologically jarring and graphically violent imagery of the suffering she endures at the hands of her hillbilly captors. This book will burn itself into your memory long before the credits roll; it will break your heart, & you will emerge from the experience annealed. Unforgettable, & highly recommended.

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