{"product_id":"all-flesh-9781805680123","title":"All Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA child is born with an insatiable hunger. As a ravenous infant she is the undoing of her mother; under her father's adoring gaze, her body grows and grows. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer father claims she devoured her twin sister in the womb. Her classmates delight in tormenting her for her size. And inside this girl, so alone and so enraged, another hunger is born-for revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBizarrely poetic and grotesquely humorous, \u003ci\u003eAll Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e is a twisted fairy tale that tears apart hypocrisies around beauty, gender and a culture that relentlessly consumes the marginalized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781805680123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 21 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Scholastic US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eBorn in Mauritius, Ananda Devi is one of the leading francophone writers of the Indian Ocean. Among her many awards are the 2024 Neustadt Prize and the Prix de la langue française, and she is the author of novels, short stories, nonfiction, and poetry. Her books available in English translation are \u003ci\u003eIndian Tango\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEve Out of Her Ruins,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Living Days,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Night Agrees to Speak to Me\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Zuckerman is a translator from the French of books by the artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Dardenne brothers, the queer writers Jean Genet and Hervé Guibert, and the Mauritian novelists Ananda Devi, Shenaz Patel, and Carl de Souza. He is the recipient of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize and, for the entirety of his work, he was named a Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eBlackly comic... This powerful story is deeply physical, but driven by a compelling voice * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant, feverish work of psychological literary horror. All Flesh is an absolute masterpiece of repugnantly beautiful prose -- Lucy Rose, author of 'The Lamb'\u003cbr\u003eAnanda Devi dares allegory to its outer limits in this brilliant, unsettling creation -- Chloe Aridjis, author of 'The Shadow of the Object'\u003cbr\u003eSensual and provocative... [an] unforgettable narrator... carnal and gleefully filthy... The reader won't be able to look away from this singular work * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA masterful allegory, a venomous critique of consumer society and the cult of the image * Télérama *\u003cbr\u003eHer words mix violence and poetry... A dazzling novel * RTS *\u003cbr\u003eMonstrous but perfect * Le Soir *","brand":"Ananda Devi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49041643241689,"sku":"9781805680123","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781805680123.jpg?v=1785937081","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/all-flesh-9781805680123","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}