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Everything is mine and is taken from me.That’s what it means to be a girl.Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, and poetic reimagining of the Lolita narrative, where power shifts unpredictably and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. In a world that fetishises girlhood, it asks whether a girl be blamed for internalising the roles imposed upon her? Can she wield her youth as power in a system designed to render her powerless?With sharp, fast-paced prose and an addictive plot, Cecilie Lind crafts a daring examination of female agency, sexuality and the complexities of consent. The novel evokes the idea of the girl as animal – a creature conditioned to be both docile pet and wild beast, torn between submission and rebellion, innocence and desire.Brave, provocative, and unflinching, Girlbeast is a gripping, vital novel for our times.
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Girlbeast, Cecilie Lind, Hazel Evans
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- Released
- 2025
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- Title
- Girlbeast
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Cecilie Lind, Hazel Evans
- Publisher
- Prototype Publishing Ltd.
- Released
- 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 1913513777
- ISBN13
- 9781913513771
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, World Literature, Poetry, Art, Erotica, Relationships, Abuse, Denmark, Modernism
- Description
- Everything is mine and is taken from me.That’s what it means to be a girl.Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, and poetic reimagining of the Lolita narrative, where power shifts unpredictably and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. In a world that fetishises girlhood, it asks whether a girl be blamed for internalising the roles imposed upon her? Can she wield her youth as power in a system designed to render her powerless?With sharp, fast-paced prose and an addictive plot, Cecilie Lind crafts a daring examination of female agency, sexuality and the complexities of consent. The novel evokes the idea of the girl as animal – a creature conditioned to be both docile pet and wild beast, torn between submission and rebellion, innocence and desire.Brave, provocative, and unflinching, Girlbeast is a gripping, vital novel for our times.