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Out on Main Street: And Other Stories [Paperback]

Shani Mootoo (Author)

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Raincoast Books, Press Gang Publishers; First Edition edition (May 17, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0889740526
ISBN-13: 978-0889740525
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 ounces

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4.0 out of 5 stars India, Trindidad, Canada, Feminist, Lesbian short vignettes, April 25, 1997

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First read Shani Mootoo's novel, Cereus Blooms at Night. Then, come back to these short stories to learn more about her. Find phrases like: "She so fem, she redundant". Shani is not that. And you will not find men painted in a pretty light. Very similar to The Bean Tree in that respect.

I rate this book highly, however, for her account of the inner thoughts of a couple in an abusive relationship. Deep in a tangle of anguished, angry, selfish thoghts, we find the dead seeds of a passionate desire to be possesed, to be the possessor.
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