- 213 pages
- English
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About this book
"A triumphĀ .Ā .Ā . Through [Percy's] eyes, we see afresh not only New York's post-9/11 landscape but also the world of artĀ .Ā .Ā . love, and the process of becoming." āRivka Galchen, author of
Atmospheric Disturbances
Percy is pregnant. She hasn't told a soul. Probably she should tell her husbandācertainly she means toābut one night she wakes up to find she no longer recognizes him. Now, instead of sleeping, Percy is spending her nights taking walks through her neighborhood, all the while fretting over her marriage, her impending motherhood, and the sinister ways the city is changing.
Amid this alienationāfrom her husband, home, and rapidly changing bodyāa package arrives. In it: an exhibition catalog for a photography show. The photographs consist of a series of digitally manipulated images of a woman lying on a bed in a red room. It takes a moment for even Percy to notice that the woman is herselfĀ .Ā .Ā . but no one else sees the resemblance.
Percy must now come to grips with the fundamental question of identity in the digital age: To what extent do we own our own image, and to what extent is that image shaped by the eyes of others?
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, The Exhibition of Persephone Q is a darkly witty satire about how easy it is to lose ownership of our own selves.
"Uncannily timely." ā Literary Hub
"Stevens has combined the surreal with the actual to create a book painfully relevant to this new age of female testimony." ā Women's Review of Books
"A striking, unique debut.Ā .Ā .Ā . a propulsive experience." ā Publishers Weekly
"Luminous prose." ā Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Percy is pregnant. She hasn't told a soul. Probably she should tell her husbandācertainly she means toābut one night she wakes up to find she no longer recognizes him. Now, instead of sleeping, Percy is spending her nights taking walks through her neighborhood, all the while fretting over her marriage, her impending motherhood, and the sinister ways the city is changing.
Amid this alienationāfrom her husband, home, and rapidly changing bodyāa package arrives. In it: an exhibition catalog for a photography show. The photographs consist of a series of digitally manipulated images of a woman lying on a bed in a red room. It takes a moment for even Percy to notice that the woman is herselfĀ .Ā .Ā . but no one else sees the resemblance.
Percy must now come to grips with the fundamental question of identity in the digital age: To what extent do we own our own image, and to what extent is that image shaped by the eyes of others?
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, The Exhibition of Persephone Q is a darkly witty satire about how easy it is to lose ownership of our own selves.
"Uncannily timely." ā Literary Hub
"Stevens has combined the surreal with the actual to create a book painfully relevant to this new age of female testimony." ā Women's Review of Books
"A striking, unique debut.Ā .Ā .Ā . a propulsive experience." ā Publishers Weekly
"Luminous prose." ā Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- A Note About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright