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Fen
by Daisy Johnson
Here’s what you will encounter when reading Daisy Johnson’s short story collection Fen:
Bodies, boats, marshes,eels, good sex, bad sex, confusing sex, weird sex, female emancipation, rivers, foxes, dogs, Albatrosses, flesh, bones, flesh disappearing, flesh reappearing, bicycles, arms, legs, touch, touch, touch, tongue, mouth. Breath a sigh of relief.
Honestly that’s the best way I can describe Daisy Johnson’s unique point of view. In her world women are constantly breaking free from the shackles of society, be it food or freedom from a dead man. This quirky set of stories will be bound to affect the reader in some way.
It’s also surprisingly consistent. There are loads of highlights. The epic meta The Scattering is a fave. I also liked the opener Starver, The Superstition of Albatross and Language were ones which kept me riveted in my bus seat (I read half the book on a long commute)
Earlier this year I read Johnson’s debut novel Everything Under and I thought it was fantastic. Fen does not reach those heights but it does display a singular voice and an interesting worldview, which begs to be expanded upon (No worries in Everything Under, it does)
Bodies, boats, marshes,eels, good sex, bad sex, confusing sex, weird sex, female emancipation, rivers, foxes, dogs, Albatrosses, flesh, bones, flesh disappearing, flesh reappearing, bicycles, arms, legs, touch, touch, touch, tongue, mouth. Breath a sigh of relief.
Honestly that’s the best way I can describe Daisy Johnson’s unique point of view. In her world women are constantly breaking free from the shackles of society, be it food or freedom from a dead man. This quirky set of stories will be bound to affect the reader in some way.
It’s also surprisingly consistent. There are loads of highlights. The epic meta The Scattering is a fave. I also liked the opener Starver, The Superstition of Albatross and Language were ones which kept me riveted in my bus seat (I read half the book on a long commute)
Earlier this year I read Johnson’s debut novel Everything Under and I thought it was fantastic. Fen does not reach those heights but it does display a singular voice and an interesting worldview, which begs to be expanded upon (No worries in Everything Under, it does)