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A wide-ranging anthology of essays exploring one of the most vital art forms on the planet todayFrom the earliest computers to the smartphones in our pockets, video games have been on our screens and part of our lives for over fifty years. Critical Hits celebrates this sophisticated medium and considers its lasting impact on our culture and ourselves.This collection of stylish, passionate, and searching essays opens with an introduction by Car...

An anthology of essays on video games by some of today's best literary writers. CRITICAL HITS is a celebration of play and playfulness, and the lasting impact of videogames.

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»Willkommen im Haus von Machado. Treten Sie ein in den verbotenen Raum. Genießen Sie den Augenblick, wenn der Boden unter Ihren Füßen wegbricht.« Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Das Archiv der Träume ist Carmen Maria Machados ganz persönliche Geschichte und literarische Auseinandersetzung mit toxischen Beziehungen. Aber auch eine Geschichte des Heranwachsens und des sexuellen Erwachens im ländlichen Amerika. Endlich scheint in den USA etwa...

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From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't dare to forget!There's something in the woods...Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for years. The woods are full of rabbits with human eyes, a deer woman who stalks hungry girls, and swaths of skinless men. And the people of Shudder-to-Think? Well, they're not doing so well either.When...

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A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other PartiesIn the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happene...

When your memories are stolen, what would you give to remember? Follow El and Vee as they search for answers to the questions everyone else forgot.Shudder to Think, Pennsylvania is plagued by a mysterious illness that eats away at the memories of those affected by it. El and Octavia are two best friends who find themselves the newest victims of this disease after waking up in a movie theater with no memory of the past few hours. As El and Vee ...

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties. "...full of repressed physical energy and the raw juice of annihilating female fury."--Louise Erdrich, The Millions.s.

Literatur als Brennglas weiblicher Lebensrealitäten: Carmen Maria Machado kehrt nach außen, welches Leid Frauen und ihren Körpern beigebracht wird. Sie erschafft Welten von hypnotischer Kraft, dunkel und strahlend zugleich. Dieser elektrisierende Erzählungsband kündet von einer literarischen Revolution. Ein grünes Band, das zum Auslöser eines Übergriffs wird. Ein Ballkleid, das mit der Haut seiner Trägerin vernäht wird. Ein weiblicher Körper,...

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A collection of short stories shortlisted both for the 2017 National Book Award and the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize. According to "The Pool" 'this is about the alienation of being a woman in a way you've never read before'.

Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. In this electric and provocative debut, she bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction"[These stories] vibrate with originality, queerness, sensuality and the strange."-Roxane Gay"In these formally brilliant and emotionally charged tales, Machado gives literal shape to women's memories and hunger and desire. I couldn't put it down."-Karen RussellIn Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science f...