My House Gathers Desires

by Adam McOmber

Book Overview

Adam McOmber's lush, hallucinatory stories are both familiar and wholly original. Drawn from the historical record, Biblical lore, fairy tales, science fiction, and nightmares, these offbeat and fantastical works explore gender and sexuality in their darkest and most beautiful manifestations. In the tradition of Angela Carter or Kelly Link, My House Gathers Desires is covertly funny and haunting, seeking fresh ways to consider sexual identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942683413
• ISBN13: 9781942683414
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: BOA Editions
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent writer, disappointing book

I had read some of this author's short stories and admired his writing. This is a collection of short stories that tend to take place in the 1700's or even before. With that said, the writer has some beautiful prose and fresh outlooks on old themes, but the placement of the subject being 2 or 300 years ago forces the author to write with antiquated language that was hard to follow. Many of the stories have a gay subplot, yet few bring this to the forefront leaving the reader with the questions of why it was even suggested if not to be explored. Difficult book to read; but the author has a lot of talent that needs to be channeled into a more modern form.