There is violence and there is righteous violence and there is death or, The born-again crow /
Grocery-store clerk Beth has had a hell of a week. A hell of a life, actually, full of people squashing her soul. And after pushing back at life, stabbing a steak to her boss's desk and lighting a magazine rack on fire, for instance, freshly unemployed Beth regroups at her mom's suburban h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Playwrights Canada Press,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Grocery-store clerk Beth has had a hell of a week. A hell of a life, actually, full of people squashing her soul. And after pushing back at life, stabbing a steak to her boss's desk and lighting a magazine rack on fire, for instance, freshly unemployed Beth regroups at her mom's suburban home. Just when Beth starts to think she's to blame for systemic limits, the gift of a bird feeder sparks a relationship with a talking Crow who reconnects her with her true power. This sly chamber piece from new voice Caleigh Crow turns post-capitalism ennui on its head with a righteous fury. It unearths the subtle (and not so subtle) ways we gaslight the marginalized, especially Indigenous women, people living with mental-health afflictions and anyone struggling to make ends meet in low-income service jobs. There Is Violence captures the vivacity and humor of one truly remarkable woman not meant for this earth, and brings her to her own glorious transcendence. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780369104700 0369104706 |