Name: A Certain Hunger
SKU: 53167632
Price: 903.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Chelsea G. Summers

Type

Physical Book

Author

Chelsea G. Summers

Publisher

The Unnamed Press

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781951213145

Synopsis "A Certain Hunger "

One of Vanity Fair's Books That Will Get You Through This Winter “One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory... A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale and really let her fly." ―The New York Times Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both. But there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority. A satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Summers’ A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction.

Chelsea G. Summers

(Author)

View Author's Page

Chelsea G. Summers lives in Manhattan and writes about fashion, sexuality, politics, technology, and culture. After years as an academic and a PhD professor in 18th century English literature, she left teaching to pursue journalism, and has written articles for publications like ADULT, Vice, Fusion, Hazlitt, The New Republic, and The Guardian. An Insatiable Hunger is her first novel.

See less