{"product_id":"monster-9781925780994","title":"Monster","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ashleigh Synnott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting surreal and yet familiar worlds where hope and horror co-exist, \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003eis ruthless, weird, dark and funny. These 32 stories explore loss, addiction, love and breakdown with unsentimental economy. Stories concern mothers losing or leaving children, relationships dangling by a thread or exploding. Some characters are institutionalised, others are profoundly lonely. Some just wander around - lost, while others are filled with shocking violence. There is joy here, too, and a kind of blazing intimacy in this debut collection of tough, tender and unflinching stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshleigh Synnott lives in Sydney. Her stories, poems and essays have appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOverland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Long Paddock\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntipodes\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Synnott has a rare gift for mixing light and dark, a love of outsiders and of inner worlds that soon becomes addictive. The stories in \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003epierce the skin, pick at wounds, and break through to the mysteries of embodiment and desire with a strange power. This is a writer who's not afraid to aim for the guts.\" - Jennifer Mills\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003etakes us into unexpected corners of the imagination, a place inhabited by misfits and dreamers, innocents and lost souls, who take us by our necks and shake us around.\" - Debra Adelaide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing writer. Synnott's immense empathy for her outsiders and her fearless ear reminded me of George Saunders. - Delia Falconer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange, haunting, beautiful. - Sunil Badami\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories strip away the facade of contemporary life to show what lies beneath. So true they take your breath away. - Eleanor Limprecht\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46452574912663,"sku":"9781925780994","price":1469.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781925780994.webp?v=1769141422","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/monster-9781925780994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}