Paradise Rot

A Novel

De: Jenny Hval, Marjam Idriss - translator

Narrado por: Brie Jackman

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imagery

Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh.

This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

©2009 Kolon Forlag; translation copyright 2018 by Marjam Idriss (P)2023 Tantor

A Libidinal Awakening

I wish more books were like this. Very raw exploration of womanhood, sexuality, and sin. So beautiful.

Saltburn but make it wlw

Slow burn book that’ll have you thinking about it much time after you finish it..

shrooms

I had to listen to this at 2x because the narrator read very slow. it is an awakening for a a young woman, but it's like she is on shrooms the whole time. pretty slow.

Wrong Voice

The narrator’s voice sounded like Mary Poppins. Neither paradise nor rot. Inappropriate for visualizing a young woman exploring her sexuality.

it was a weird unwinding

I loved it, I don't know why. it was gross and beautiful at the same time which is hard to do. it absolutely nailed it. I loved every metaphor and how it was perfectly strange.