Sub Rosa
Author | : Amber Dawn |
Publisher | : arsenal pulp press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2010-09-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781551523774 |
ISBN-13 | : 1551523779 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In this stunning, Lambda Literary Award-winning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts the classic hero's quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision. Sub Rosa's reluctant heroine is a teenaged runaway named "Little"; she stumbles upon an underground society of ghosts and magicians, missing girls and would-be johns: a place called Sub Rosa. Not long after she is initiated into this family of magical prostitutes, Little is called upon to lead them through a maze of feral darkness: a calling burdened with grotesque enemies, strange allies, and memories from a foggy past. Sub Rosa is a beautiful, gutsy, fantastical allegory of our times.