A complex, haunting novel that explores a schizophrenic young artist's struggles with her perception of reality… including an intriguing ghostly woman who appears to her in the most mysterious ways.
India Morgan Phelps-Imp to her friends-is trying to write her memoir, but she struggles with the unreliability of her own mind. Suffering from schizophrenia, as well as comorbid anxiety and OCD, Imp has a difficult time separating fantasy from reality. But for her, it's most important to tell her "truth."
And for Imp, that truth comes through a stream-of-consciousness tale of her love story with her transgender girlfriend, as well as Imp's obsession with a mysterious woman whom she finds naked and mute at the side of the road. Imp must push past her mental illness-or work with it-to piece together her memories and tell her story.
A rich exploration of mental illness, gender identity, and creative process, The Drowning Girl delivers an eerie and powerful story of a woman's efforts to discover the truth that's locked away in her own head.
"Caitlìn R. Kiernan moves firmly into the new vanguard […] of our best and most artful authors of the gothic and fantastic-those capable of writing fiction of deep moral and artistic seriousness."-Peter Straub
| ISBN: | 9780451464163 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2012 |
| Author: | Caitlín R Kiernan |
| Publisher: | Ace an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Dark fantasy Narrative theme: Interior life General Fiction Horror and Supernatural Fiction |
A complex, haunting novel that explores a schizophrenic young artist's struggles with her perception of reality… including an intriguing ghostly woman who appears to her in the most mysterious ways.
India Morgan Phelps-Imp to her friends-is trying to write her memoir, but she struggles with the unreliability of her own mind. Suffering from schizophrenia, as well as comorbid anxiety and OCD, Imp has a difficult time separating fantasy from reality. But for her, it's most important to tell her "truth."
And for Imp, that truth comes through a stream-of-consciousness tale of her love story with her transgender girlfriend, as well as Imp's obsession with a mysterious woman whom she finds naked and mute at the side of the road. Imp must push past her mental illness-or work with it-to piece together her memories and tell her story.
A rich exploration of mental illness, gender identity, and creative process, The Drowning Girl delivers an eerie and powerful story of a woman's efforts to discover the truth that's locked away in her own head.
"Caitlìn R. Kiernan moves firmly into the new vanguard […] of our best and most artful authors of the gothic and fantastic-those capable of writing fiction of deep moral and artistic seriousness."-Peter Straub
The Drowning Girl features in the following genres: Dark fantasy, Narrative theme: Interior life, General Fiction, Horror and Supernatural Fiction
The Drowning Girl is available in Paperback
The Drowning Girl was written by Caitlín R Kiernan and published by Ace an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
The Drowning Girl has 336 pages