Pity the Beast

by Robin McLean

Book Overview

Following in the footsteps of such chroniclers of American absurdity as Cormac McCarthy, Joy Williams, and Charles Portis, Robin McLean's Pity the Beast is a mind-melting feminist Western that pins a tale of sexual violence and vengeance to a canvas stretching back to prehistory, sideways into legend, and off into a lonesome future.

Millennia ago, Ginny's family ranch was all grass and rock and wild horses. A thousand years hence,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913505146
• ISBN13: 9781913505141
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: And Other Stories
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

This book was every bit as challenging as it was rewarding. I heard it described as an "eco-feminist western" so I knew I needed to read it. the narrative was anything but straightforward and sometimes it departs so far from prose that it reads like a folk song or greek chorus. The animals and the earth itself are every bit as important as the human characters. It's not for the faint of heart but it gives your mind and your soul so much to chew on. I know I will be returning to this again and again and I'll figure out something new every time. I feel like there's an endless amount of questions that arise. and normally these things would make for a terrible book - no clarity, a shifty narrator, ambiguous dialogue. Yet it's what makes this one so incredible as a story. I could go on as I feel like there are so many lessons this book strives to teach but I think I've said enough just go read it!