Description
A feral, unsparing coming-of-age story follows Janey, a ten-year-old outcast who drifts through a world of gangs, street survival, and transactional intimacy—loving, in her own fierce and contradictory way, the very people who hurt her. As her life becomes increasingly dangerous and peripatetic, the novel blurs the lines between violence and desire, vulnerability and agency, forcing readers to confront what it means to be “wild” in a society that punishes difference. With its jagged momentum and provocative edge, the book explores themes of power, exploitation, identity, and the strange hunger for belonging. Known for her high-wire, experimental style, Kathy Acker delivers a risk-taking narrative that refuses comfort, turning the raw mechanics of the street into a startling meditation on the body, language, and control.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin
Published Aug 31, 2017
ISBN: 9780241302514
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Details
First Published
1984
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker.