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Summary: Channelling Colette
Review: Fatal Women is a collection of novellas and short stories written by Lee's alter-ego, Esther Garber. Thematically, these works explore Lesbian love and romantic obsession. The set pieces, however, are wide ranging. Both the opening novellas, "Rherlotte" and "Virgile" are set in the historic past of France; they are moody gothic tales, and have more than a whiff of the Bronte sisters fabulist works, with overheated dark passions and surreal images. At the same time, there is ribald humor to set off darkness. They are pastiches, of gothic and erotic literature. Elsewhere, there are bittersweet short stories, which are intensely introspective ("The Umbrella"), and a poetic contemporary novel ("Green Iris") set in England. All stories feature Lee's rich, hallucinogenic prose. Readers who like the historical lesbian fiction Emma Donoghue or Sarah Waters should explore these works.
Rating:
Summary: Channelling Colette
Review: Fatal Women is a collection of novellas and short stories written by Lee's alter-ego, Esther Garber. Thematically, these works explore Lesbian love and romantic obsession. The set pieces, however, are wide ranging. Both the opening novellas, "Rherlotte" and "Virgile" are set in the historic past of France; they are moody gothic tales, and have more than a whiff of the Bronte sisters fabulist works, with overheated dark passions and surreal images. At the same time, there is ribald humor to set off darkness. They are pastiches, of gothic and erotic literature. Elsewhere, there are bittersweet short stories, which are intensely introspective ("The Umbrella"), and a poetic contemporary novel ("Green Iris") set in England. All stories feature Lee's rich, hallucinogenic prose. Readers who like the historical lesbian fiction Emma Donoghue or Sarah Waters should explore these works.
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