“An explosive, shapeshifting piece of literary real estate, Amber Tamblyn’s arresting debut offers a scathing portrait of American celebrity culture and the way in which it transmutes human tragedy into a vicious circus; victims are forgotten as likes and shares swirl, and ‘news’ becomes a squalid orgy, a lurid feast. Tamblyn takes every risk in this astonishing and innovative work, and succeeds, gloriously.”— Janet Fitch, bestselling author of The Revolution of Marina M. and Paint It BlackVanity Fair's Summer Ultimate Fiction ListEntertainment Weekly Summer Preview ListIn this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture.A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home— the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame alienation from their friends and family and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack.What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, these pages crackle with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy.As bold as it is timely, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault.
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Any Man: A Novel
von Amber Tamblyn
“An explosive, shapeshifting piece of literary real estate, Amber Tamblyn’s arresting debut offers a scathing portrait of American celebrity culture and the way in which it transmutes human tragedy into a vicious circus; victims are forgotten as likes and shares swirl, and ‘news’ becomes a squalid orgy, a lurid feast. Tamblyn takes every risk in this astonishing and innovative work, and succeeds, gloriously.”— Janet Fitch, bestselling author of The Revolution of Marina M. and Paint It BlackVanity Fair's Summer Ultimate Fiction ListEntertainment Weekly Summer Preview ListIn this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture.A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home— the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame alienation from their friends and family and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack.What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, these pages crackle with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy.As bold as it is timely, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault.
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Rezension von Fereshte<blockquote><i>"when we become aware, we become responsible."</i></blockquote> thought provoking, poetic, devastating, gut-wrenching, breathtaking. that's Any Man by Amber Tamblyn! the story revolves around 5 men who are the victims of a mysterious serial rapist female whom the media call the "Maude". this has great commentaries about how the society treats rape victims and how you always have to <i>prove</i> that something bad has happened to you. okay you proved it? take the blame for it now! and why many victims stay silent and never speak of the truth about what had happened to them for fears of how they're gonna be judged, how people will treat them differently and how that single act is going to affect them for the rest of their lives and how they'll probably never going to stop living it, over and over again. there's this one scene where some guys are sitting in a bar drinking and talking about this offender when a woman walks in and suddenly they all stop talking and switching their drinks to water. i don't know how to describe that scene other than saying it was utterly powerful. that's how women feel and are afraid every. second. of. their. lives. and that's just sad but undeniably true. btw, i almost forgot, the last sentence of the book was just the best. the audiobook has a full cast and it's amazing. i highly recommend listening to it on audio. these are some of the quotes that absolutely wrecked me: <i>"the pain. the pain. please. my bones break each other, within." "i do not tell her that i tried to stop it, because i can't remember if i did." "perhaps donald once dreamed of becoming a famous novelist or poet. donald now dreams of nothing. for he is a no one." "how can you go on living when you're now being lived in? when you've been invaded? how can you tell a joke and enjoy laughter without hearing the one laugh that owns every root in you now?" "how can you end your own suffering, without ending completely? how can you accept touch? or walk through your life, a lived wound, forever avoiding some terrible, inevitable wind." "the parallel me had never been raped. had never been touched. had never been so obscenely violated. the parallel me had no restrictions. still enjoyed sunlight. the parallel me had a future that couldn't be darkened by his past." "i was violently assaulted and left for dead behind a dumpster. no, worse–i was left for living."</i> <b>cw: rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicide.</b>