Pig Tales

Marie Darrieussecq

Translated by Linda Coverdale earliest edition we have, 1997 New Press, 1997 hardcover 151 pages

The New Press international fiction series

A woman working in a beauty parlor chronicles her descent into gluttony and lust. In one word, she is becoming a pig and she even grows a corkscrew tail. The woman's transformation reflects that of her country, raked by revolution, epidemics and famine. Part fantasy, part satire on France. A debut in fiction.

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Linda Coverdale 1 printing we hold · 1997 · New Press

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Editions we hold

Pig Tales paperback · 2003 · Faber and Faber · 144 pages · 9780571193721
Pig Tales paperback · 1998 · New Press · 151 pages · 9781565844421
Pig tales edition · 1998 · Faber · 135 pages
Pig Tales hardcover · 1997 · Faber & Faber · 144 pages · 9780571191864
Pig Tales hardcover · 1997 · New Press · 151 pages · 9781565843615

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