{"product_id":"sweetlust-stories-9781952177729","title":"Sweetlust: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eSweetlust\u003c\/i\u003e interweave feminist critique, intertextuality, and science fiction tropes in an irreverent portrait of our past, present, and future.\u003c\/b\u003eIn a dystopian world with no men, women are \"rehabilitated\" at an erotic amusement park. Climate change has caused massive flooding and warming in the Balkans, where one programmer builds a time machine. And a devious reimagining of \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e refocuses to center a sexually adventurous Charlotte.Asja Bakic deploys the speculative and weird to playfully interrogate conversations around artificial intelligence, gender fluidity, and environmental degradation. As she did in her acclaimed debut \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e, Bakic once again upends her characters' convictions and identities--and infuses each disorienting universe with sly humor and off-kilter eroticism. Visceral and otherworldly, \u003ci\u003eSweetlust\u003c\/i\u003e takes apart human desire and fragility, repeatedly framing pleasure as both inviting and perilous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsja Bakic\u003c\/b\u003e is a Bosnian author of poetry and prose, as well as a translator. She was selected as one of Literary Europe Live's New Voices from Europe 2017, and her writing has been translated into seven languages. Her debut, \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in English by Feminist Press in 2019. She currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Zoble\u003c\/b\u003e translates Balkan literature into English. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eCall Me Esteban\u003c\/i\u003e (Sandorf Passage 2021), her translation of \u003ci\u003eZovite me Esteban\u003c\/i\u003e by Lejla Kalamujic, and \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e (Feminist Press 2019), which was selected by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e for the fiction list in its \"Best Books 2019\" issue. She is on the faculty of Liberal Studies at New York University, where she teaches writing and translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568084947218,"sku":"9781952177729","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d5543a2-d336-4781-bc35-8e1c957eddce.jpg?v=1731937807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sweetlust-stories-9781952177729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}