** "An unapologetically raw account of coming of age broke in Trump-era Los Angeles in the social media -saturated Now, this meditation (almost manifesto?) on materialism, media, power, performance, and sexuality uses inventive, of-the-moment language to tackle that circuitous route to self-discove
Exquisite Mariposa
โ Scribed by Fiona Alison Duncan
- Publisher
- Soft Skull Press
- Year
- 2018;2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
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"An unapologetically raw account of coming of age broke in Trump-era Los Angeles in the social media -saturated Now, this meditation (almost manifesto?) on materialism, media, power, performance, and sexuality uses inventive, of-the-moment language to tackle that circuitous route to self-discovery that is your twenties--in a startlingly original way." --Lilibet Snellings, author of Box Girl: My Part Time Job as an Art Installation**
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Fiona's journey to the Real takes her to Koreatown, Los Angeles, where she sublets a room in La Mariposa. There, in the aftermath of a reality TV deal gone wrong, Fiona asks...
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