Stag Dance - BookWyrm.World

Hardcover, 304 pages

English language

Published 2025 by Serpent's Tail Limited.

ISBN:: 978-1-80081-079-2

Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby

From the adventures of a lonely logger who, deep in the forest, joins his workmates to dance dressed as a woman, to the story of an obsessive boarding-school romance, to the dizzying spectacle of a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend, Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of trans community and desire reveals fresh possibilities. Acidly funny and breath-taking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of Lauren Groff or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles and delights.

Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby

From the adventures of a lonely logger who, deep in the forest, joins his workmates to dance dressed as a woman, to the story of an obsessive boarding-school romance, to the dizzying spectacle of a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend, Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of trans community and desire reveals fresh possibilities. Acidly funny and breath-taking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of Lauren Groff or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles and delights.

3 editions

joël reviewed Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

good collection of short stories

4 stars

I enjoyed this a lot, but it took me a long time to read. This was mainly because the main story, Stag Dance, was quite a hill to climb. I enjoyed it, but the setting and the language were a bit of a hurdle. My favourite story was "Infect your friends and loved ones", which works better than the novel that was inspired by it, Manhunt.

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