Whore

by Nelly Arcan

Book Overview

A breathless (heavily autobiographical) novelistic account of the life of a young woman who sells her body for a living, Whore is a searing look at the world's oldest profession and a confessional in the tradition of Sylvia Plath. "Cynthia," as the nameless narrator calls herself professionally, is a French-Canadian Catholic from the sticks who escapes her strict upbringing and stifling parents to move to Montreal as soon as she is old enough. One...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802170021
• ISBN13: 9780802170026
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"