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Paradise Rot

A Novel

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Paradise Rot

By: Jenny Hval, Marjam Idriss - translator
Narrated by: Brie Jackman
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A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imagery

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.

©2009 Kolon Forlag; translation copyright 2018 by Marjam Idriss (P)2023 Tantor Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Magical Realism Political Magic
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I wish more books were like this. Very raw exploration of womanhood, sexuality, and sin. So beautiful.

A Libidinal Awakening

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Slow burn book that’ll have you thinking about it much time after you finish it..

Saltburn but make it wlw

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Just full of surprises and wonderful. Loved its brevity as well. Just weird and cool and a page turner.

Amazing queer romance

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The author has a beautiful poetic style but the story is so out there that it loses meaning. Lots of pee kink. I think the author was in love with their own writing to the point they lost their mind. Too much vanity in the prose.

Beautifully Written but Vain Author

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The narrator’s voice sounded like Mary Poppins. Neither paradise nor rot. Inappropriate for visualizing a young woman exploring her sexuality.

Wrong Voice

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I had to listen to this at 2x because the narrator read very slow. it is an awakening for a a young woman, but it's like she is on shrooms the whole time. pretty slow.

shrooms

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Boring , didn’t enjoy this style of writing, words get slightly better at the end just not for me

Not for me

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