Difficult Women

E31019
book short story collection

Difficult Women is a short story collection by Roxane Gay that explores the lives, traumas, and resilience of complex, flawed, and multifaceted women.

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Difficult Women canonical 18
short story "Difficult Women" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Roxane Gay ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
focusesOn complex women characters ⓘ
flawed women ⓘ
multifaceted women ⓘ
genre feminist fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasForm short fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9780802125392 ⓘ
hasPart short story "Baby Arm" ⓘ
short story "Bad Priest" ⓘ
short story "Break All the Way Down" ⓘ
Difficult Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: short story "Difficult Women"

short story "Florida" ⓘ
short story "How" ⓘ
short story "I Will Follow You" ⓘ
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death" ⓘ
short story "La Negra Blanca" ⓘ
short story "Noble Things" ⓘ
short story "North Country" ⓘ
short story "Open Marriage" ⓘ
short story "Requiem for a Glass Heart" ⓘ
short story "Strange Gods" ⓘ
short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" ⓘ
short story "Water, All Its Weight" ⓘ
hasTheme emotional complexity ⓘ
female agency ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
grief ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
race and class ⓘ
relationships ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
survival ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
trauma recovery ⓘ
violence ⓘ
women's lives ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American literature ⓘ
notableFor exploration of trauma and resilience ⓘ
portrayal of women's interior lives ⓘ
publicationYear 2017 ⓘ
publisher Grove Press ⓘ

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