The Forest Brims Over
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The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase
A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husband's novels-this surrealist fable challenges traditional gender attitudes and exploitation in the literary worldNowatari Rui has long been the subject of her husband's novels, depicted as a pure woman who takes great pleasure in sex. With her privacy and identity continually stripped away, she has come to be seen by society first and foremost as the inspiration for her husband's art. When a decade's worth of frustrations reaches its boiling point, Rui consumes a bowl of seeds, and buds and roots begin to sprout all over her body. Instead of taking her to a hospital, her husband keeps her in an aquaterrarium, set to compose a new novel based on this unsettling experience. But Rui breaks away from her husband by growing into a forest-and in time, she takes over the entire city.
As fantasy and reality bleed together, The Forest Brims Over challenges unconscious gender biases and explores the boundaries between art and exploitation-muse abuse-in the literary world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781640095373 |
| ISBN 10 | 1640095373 |
| Title | The Forest Brims Over |
| Author | Maru Ayase |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2023-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |