{"product_id":"mary-and-the-rabbit-dream","title":"Mary and the Rabbit Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sardonic, feminist reimagining of the story of Mary Toft, infamous rabbit-birthing hoaxer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Toft was just another eighteenth-century woman living in poverty, misery, and frequent pain. The kind of person overlooked by those with power, forgotten by historians. Mary Toft was nothing. Until, that is, Mary Toft started giving birth to rabbits...\u003cp\u003eSensational debut novelist Noémi Kiss-Deáki reimagines Mary's strange and fascinating story - and how she found fame when a large swath of England became convinced that she was the mother of rabbits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary and the Rabbit Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of bodily autonomy, of absurdity, of the horrors inflicted on women, of the cruel realities of poverty, and the grotesque divides between rich and poor. A story told with exquisite wit, skill, and a beautiful streak of subversive mischief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Noémi Kiss-Deáki's style is astonishing - hypnotic, poetic, persistent, wild, blazing and marvellous. As the novel unfolds you simply can't believe what is happening - it's outrageous, it's cruel, it's unfathomable and yet - it's the way of the world. Here is Mary Toft's tale, retold in dazzling prose that is both exquisite and furious. Noémi reimagines the possibilities for historical fiction and \u003ci\u003eMary and the Rabbit Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is utterly original and utterly brilliant.\" - \u003cb\u003eVictoria MacKenzie, author of For \u003ci\u003eThy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of those novels that seemingly arrives from nowhere, fully formed, as odd, disturbing, and lingering as the most vivid of fever dreams. To create something so playfully provocative, subversive and gripping displays a rare literary talent. I've never read anything like it.\" - \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eMary and the Rabbit Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Noémi Kiss-Deáki transforms the tale of Mary Toft into a stinging, witty critique of the oppressions heaped upon the bodies of impoverished women. This is a brave debut, one told with courage and wit, one which dissects a ruthless system of class and gender - and lays bare the concentric circles of power that still govern our world.\" -\u003cb\u003e Selby Wynn Schwartz, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Sappho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I loved \u003ci\u003eMary and the Rabbit Dream\u003c\/i\u003e - a sprightly but savage tale that re-imagines the real-life case of Mary Toft, who, in 1726, supposedly started giving birth to rabbits ... It's a supple, smartly self-conscious and ingenious take on the historical novel.\" \u003cb\u003e- Lucy Scholes, editor of \u003ci\u003eA Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tense, nightmarish book about power and incarnation. ... Stylish, visceral, incandescent.\" - \u003cb\u003eClare Pollard, author of \u003ci\u003eDelphi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMary and the Rabbit Dream\u003c\/i\u003e casts the curious early 18th century story of Mary Toft in a totally fresh light. This is a furious, vituperative story about class, poverty, violence and women's bodies.\" - \u003cb\u003eStu Hennigan, author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Signs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noémi Kiss-Deáki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52017356767463,"sku":"9781552454947","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0913\/8151\/files\/9781552454947-us.jpg?v=1777408246","url":"https:\/\/neighborbookstx.com\/products\/mary-and-the-rabbit-dream","provider":"Neighbor Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}