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Tag: Lauren Elkin

King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne – a pertinent and impassioned manifesto

6th December 20206th December 2020  Shameera Nair Lin

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is an angry and passionate manifesto against late capitalist patriarchy, a story about sexual assault and trauma that centres the survivor.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Camille Paglia, Fitzcarraldo, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Frank Wynne, King Kong Theory, Lauren Elkin, Life in Languages, patriarchy, sex work, sexual assault, Translation, Virginie Despentes
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