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Think of alexandra kleeman as an heir to dave eggers and douglas coupland, with a hefty dollop of margaret atwood thrown in. She received her mfa in fiction from columbia university and has received grants and scholarships from the bread loaf writers conference, the virginia center for the creative arts, and the santa fe art institute. You too can have a body like mine by alexandra kleeman. You too can have a body like mine alexandra kleeman. Fittingly, the story teeters on the edge of horror, especially. Sep 02, 2015 alexandra kleemans debut novel you too can have a body like mine is a mesmerizing exploration of consumer society. You too can have a body like mine a novel by kleeman abebooks. In a rare case the actual cover for a book might not match the one in the display picture. It was kleemans first novel, and was published by harpercollins. Its a postmodern look at consumerism and body image that will give you a terrible fear of eating oranges. Cults, foam heads and other weird things thrive in body like mine alexandra kleemans novel, populated by tvobsessed characters on a steady diet of popsicles and oranges, is a controlled. If a s boyfriend, c, likes a because a is a, but now b is the same as a, where does. Jan 20, 2017 you too can have a body like mine alexandra kleemans strange, entertaining yet occasionally maddening debut novel is a study in the vanity of small differences.

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