Synopses & Reviews
Pig Tales tells the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/"massage" parlor. She enjoys extraordinary success until she slowly metamorphoses into. . . a pig. What happens to her then overturns all our ideas about men, women, and beasts. This striking first novel was an overnight phenomenon in France, selling three thousand copies a day at its height.
Synopsis
Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/massage” parlor. She enjoys great success until she slowly metamorphoses into . . . a pig. What happens to her then overturns all our ideas about relationships between man, woman, and beast in a stunning feminist fable of political and sexual corruption.
About the Author
Marie Darrieussecq is the author of several novels, including Pig Tales and My Phantom Husband (The New Press). She was awarded the prestigious Prix Médicis in 2013.