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Transgressive Fiction
Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who use unusual and/or illicit ways to break free of those confines. Because they are rebelling against the basic norms of society, protagonists of transgressional fiction may seem mentally ill, anti-social and/or nihilistic. The genre deals extensively with taboo subject matters such as drugs, sex, violence, incest, pedophilia, and crime.
The genre of "transgressive fiction" was defined by Los Angeles Times literary critic Michael Silverblatt.[1] Anne H. Souk ...more
The genre of "transgressive fiction" was defined by Los Angeles Times literary critic Michael Silverblatt.[1] Anne H. Souk ...more
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On ‘Hey Boy’. by A.W.W. Bremont:
“[…] taken to the level of de Sade.
Structurally, the book is quite like an epic poem, with repeated stock phrases for things and people. Imagine the Iliad written via high postmodernism, though, structurally. If William S. Burroughs had taken a crack at The Metamorphosis instead of Ovid.
For a small book, this makes a helluvan impact. I can't wait to see more from Bremont in the future.
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Those fucking birds are circling overhead again. Not that I hate them, those fucking birds.
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― The Sun My Destiny
― The Sun My Destiny
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