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Fiction 21st Century

Mukbang

by (author) Fanie Demeule

translated by Anita Anand

Publisher
Linda Leith Publishing
Initial publish date
Aug 2022
Category
21st Century, Contemporary Women, Coming of Age
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781773901183
    Publish Date
    Sep 2022
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781773901190
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Kim Delorme is uninterested in the world beyond her computer screen, instead living on a diet of video games, early 2000s Internet videos, and fads. It’s not long before she discovers mukbangs, a voyeuristic world where people overeat in front of the camera. Intrigued, she throws herself into the ring to challenge the reigning queen, Misha Faïtas. But a horrifying incident halts her ascension, creating a shock wave that affects everyone in her life.
Mukbang is a grimy, shocking, and darkly funny dive into our relationships with food, self-image, and intimacy. True to its subject matter, Mukbang is sprinkled with QR codes throughout, each leading to an image, reference or video that enhances and adds context to the narrative.

About the authors

Fanie Demeule is finishing a doctorate at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she is lecturer in the Département d'études littéraires. The original French version of Lightness (Déterrer les os) won Best First Novel at the Biennale littéraire des Cèdres in 2018 and has been adapted for the. Her second novel, Roux clair naturel, was published in 2019 to much acclaim. Lightness is the first time her work is appearing in English. She lives in Montreal.

Fanie Demeule's profile page

Anita Anand is the author of Swing in the House and other Stories, and A Convergence of Solitudes. She has translated Nirliit by Juliana-Leveillé-Trudel as well as Fanie Demeule's first novel, known in English as Lightness, also published by Linda Leith Publishing.

Anita Anand's profile page

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