Mile End

by Lise Tremblay

The narrator of this Governor General's Award-winning novel does not have a name. She is simply a grotesque "fat woman," getting larger every day--a clown, a monster, in her own words, with no self, no identity save her enormous mound of flesh, its blubber, its perceived deformity. She is used by men who find her a convenience--for their careers, for a sympathetic ear, for someone to screw. No one thinks she understands anything. She feels displaced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889224676
• ISBN13: 9780889224674
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"