{"product_id":"little-cat-paperback-1","title":"Little Cat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamara Faith Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo novels, two young women at the frontiers of sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a series of \u003ci\u003ePenthouse\u003c\/i\u003e letters penned by Kathy Acker, \u003ci\u003eLie With Me\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a woman's sexual escapades, picking up random men in bars for a series of increasingly extreme encounters, hoping to understand love from the far side of sluttiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Whore\u003c\/i\u003e, Mira, an introverted Jewish girl obsessed with Jean Genet, allows herself to be seduced by the sex industry, determined to find meaning in her tormented relationships with cruel men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara Faith Berger's first two novels have been languishing out of print. They were scandalous when they were first published; substantially revised and returned to print, they're just as titillating and troubling now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Treading a line between sublime experimentation and unsettling honesty, \u003ci\u003eLittle Cat\u003c\/i\u003e rides a wave of female sexual energy. . . . 'Please, I want you to stay with me till it's over, ' the narrator of 'Lie With Me' begs. With writing this good, it's hard not to.' - \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Berger's writing is significant, poignant and consciously uncomfortable. Her portrait of female sexuality is daring, original and troubling. Berger's language is crass; this isn't missionary-style 'love-making.' This is dirty, animalistic sex. This is pornography rubbing up against the literary establishment.\" - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph-Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Tamara Faith Berger's \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2012 Believer Book Award): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Myra's confusion, her passion, her need for possession and to be possessed, make this novel an incredible read, finding its place, as Sheila Heti (who should know) wrote, 'somewhere between the wilds of Judy Blume, \u003ci\u003eGirls Gone Wild\u003c\/i\u003e and Michel Foucault.'\" - \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are no easy moments, no comfort to be found in the searing prose. . . . When writers get young female sexuality right, stories become a revelation and such is the case with \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e. The writing pulls the reader desperately close.\" - Roxane Gay, The Rumpus \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Faith Berger\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Toronto. She wrote porn stories for a living and attempted to make dirty films before publishing her first book, \u003ci\u003eLie With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1999. It was made into a film in 2004. In 2001, \u003ci\u003eA Woman Alone at Night\u003c\/i\u003e was published. Her third book, \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2012 Believer Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara Faith Berger: Tamara Faith Berger was born in Toronto. She wrote porn stories for a living and attempted to make dirty films before publishing her first book, \u003ci\u003eLie With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1999. It was made into a film in 2004. In 2001, \u003ci\u003eA Woman Alone at Night\u003c\/i\u003e was published. Her third book, \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2012 Believer Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733552042047,"sku":"9781552452714","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b6d767f66b6162cda8c504795e965733.webp?v=1765136363","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/little-cat-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}