The Beauty

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Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their stories in the Valley of the Rocks For when the women are all gone the rest of your life is all there is for everyone The men are waiting to pass into the night.The story shall be told to preserve the past History has gone back to its aural roots and the power of words is strong Meet Nate, the storyteller, and the new secrets he brings back from the woods William rules the group with youth and strength, but how long can that last And what about Uncle Ted, who spends so much time out in the woods Hear the tales, watch a myth be formed For what can man hope to achieve in a world without women When the past is only grief how long should you hold on to it What secrets can the forest offer to change it all Discover the Beauty. Read The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley – kino-fada.fr A mixture of disturbing and brilliant that s right, it s brillurbing.The Beauty is a weirdly beautiful novella from Aliya Whiteley that feels disconcertingly unfinished It is altogether fascinating, with a sinister progression of themes and ideas, but it ends too soon, and Nate s narration keeps much of the story at arms length.In an undefined future, the world has been overcome by a fungal infection that has taken the lives of every single woman, young and old The men who survive them know that they are to be the last generation, and exist in a sad sort of li The Beauty is a weirdly beautiful novella from Aliya Whiteley that feels disconcertingly unfinished It is altogether fascinating, with a sinister progression of themes and ideas, but it ends too soon, and Nate s narration keeps much of the story at arms length.In an undefined future, the world has been overcome by a fungal infection tha...A fabulous metaphorical delight What happens when impossible beauty ideals become a fungus that infects women and brainwashes men More than a commentary on gender roles, this disturbing little tale places blame squarely on the society that sets, perpetuates, and p...NOTE This book was provided by the publisher, through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review link to review on my blog soon Why did I read this book Because the blurb promised me a world without women Not a world without women except for one who for some reason didn t die , but a world without women, full stop And let me tell you, to feminist me, this sounded incredibly intriguing.So I gave it a shot.This book, let me tell you, is a powerhouse The story follows Nate, the resident s NOTE This book was provided by the publisher, through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review link to review on my blog soon Why did I read this book Because the blurb promised me a world without women Not a world without women except for one who for some reason didn t die , but a world without women, full stop And let me tell you, to feminist me, this sounded incredibly intriguing.So I gave it a shot.This book, let me tell you, is a powerhouse The story follows Nate, the resident storyteller in a small community of men who have chosen to live their last days in a quiet, isolated settlement they call it Valley of the Rocks The wome...Like tripping on mushrooms or having sex with them.Literally, that s the whole plot It s brilliant, wise and messed up Update I just discovered the iconic artist Georgia O Keeffe and I think that her paintings, espec...Originally published at Risingshadow.Aliya Whiteley s The Beauty is the first book that I ve reviewed twice, because I feel that it deserves a second review due to the fact that this new edition published by Titan Books contains an additional story that is excellent and worth reading.I consider Aliya Whiteley s The Beauty to be one of the utmost best and most original weird fictio...3.75Beauty is a word that has a different meaning for me now and I am delighted to have reclaimed it The Beautyes por lejos uno de los libros m s bizarros que he le do en mucho tiempo, y si no fuera por la habilidad de la autora para narrar de un modo que por momentos es hasta po tico, la historia ser a repugnante O mejor dicho, la idea de la historia es retorcida y desagradable, pero gracias a lo bien escrito que est , eso pasa a segundo plano ste es un mundo postapocal ptico donde por 3.75Beauty is a word that has a different meaning for me now and I am delighted to have reclaimed it The Beautyes por lejos uno de los libros m s bizarros que he le do en mucho tiempo, y si no fuera por la habilidad de la autora para narrar de un modo que por momentos es hasta po tico, la historia ser a repugnante O mejor dicho, la idea de la historia es retorcida y desagradable, pero gracias a lo bien escrito que est , eso pasa a segundo plano ste es un mundo pos...This review originally appeared on my blog, Books Without Any Pictures stars.One of the great things about being a book blogger is that you are introduced to books that you otherwise would never have heard of or considered reading I received a review request from a small speculative fiction publisher based out of the UK called Unsung Stories for a novella called The Beauty, which is quite possibly one of the most bizarre books I ve ever read.The Beau This review originally appeared on my blog, Books Without Any Pictures stars.One of the great things about being a book blogger is that you are introduced to books that you otherwise would never have heard of or considered reading I received a review request from a small speculative fiction publisher based out of the UK called Unsung Stories for a novella called The Beauty, which is quite possibly one of the most bizarre books I ve ever read.The Beauty is a post apocalyptic horror story set in a world without women A disease managed to wipe out every female human on the planet, and the surviving men know that they re the last of their kind before their inevitable extinction Nate is a storyteller for a...What is a woman Are gender roles fixed or fluid These are big philosophical questions and Nate, the young storyteller and main protagonist of The Beauty, tries to weave tales that make sense of life Until something weird starts happening near the graves of the dead women w...You can find my full review of The Beauty on my speculative fiction book blog.In summary The Beauty is a rich and atmospheric tale which handles the uncanny and horror with huge confidence I m not sure it could ever be made into a movie, but if so, Guillermo del Toro who made Pan s Labyrinth wo...

The Beauty
  • 21 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 104 pages
  • 1907389237
  • Aliya Whiteley
  • The Beauty