Evil Flowers
Gunnhild Øyehaug
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Present Tense Machine and Knots, a collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis.
In Evil Flowers, a precise but madcap collection of short stories, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange, startling brilliance of everyday life.
Across twenty-five stories, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her every story is “a formal surprise, smart and droll.” The stories converse with, contradict, and expand on one another; birds, hagfish, and wild beasts reappear, gnawing at the fringes. A section of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl, removing her ability to remember or recognize types of birds (particularly problematic because she is an ornithologist). Medicinal leeches ingest information from fiberoptic cables, and a new museum sinks into the ground.
Inspired by Charles Baudelaire, a dreamer and romantic in the era of realism, Øyehaug revolts against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity. Brimming with wit, ingenuity, and irrepressible joy, these stories mark another triumph from a dazzling international writer.
Duration - 22h 31m.
Author - Gunnhild Øyehaug.
Narrator - Ann Richardson.
Published Date - Wednesday, 11 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Present Tense Machine and Knots, a collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis. In Evil Flowers, a precise but madcap collection of short stories, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange, startling brilliance of everyday life. Across twenty-five stories, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her every story is “a formal surprise, smart and droll.” The stories converse with, contradict, and expand on one another; birds, hagfish, and wild beasts reappear, gnawing at the fringes. A section of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl, removing her ability to remember or recognize types of birds (particularly problematic because she is an ornithologist). Medicinal leeches ingest information from fiberoptic cables, and a new museum sinks into the ground. Inspired by Charles Baudelaire, a dreamer and romantic in the era of realism, Øyehaug revolts against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity. Brimming with wit, ingenuity, and irrepressible joy, these stories mark another triumph from a dazzling international writer. Duration - 22h 31m. Author - Gunnhild Øyehaug. Narrator - Ann Richardson. Published Date - Wednesday, 11 January 2023.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Birds
Duration:00:16:00
The Thread
Duration:00:08:41
The Thread 2
Duration:00:05:39
The Thread 3
Duration:00:02:17
The Thread 4
Duration:00:03:00
Evil Flowers
Duration:00:15:43
Protest
Duration:00:05:56
Escape
Duration:00:10:23
The Cliffs When Dead
Duration:00:07:11
White Dove Becomes Black Crow
Duration:00:07:17
The Mational Nuseum
Duration:00:09:41
The Nordics Seen From the Outside
Duration:00:10:03
Leeches On the Wrong Track
Duration:00:04:46
By the Shack
Duration:00:22:03
Digressive Fit
Duration:00:01:51
Slime Eels in the Dark
Duration:00:06:58
Short Monster Analysis
Duration:00:10:56
A Visit to Monk's House
Duration:00:18:45
Wish Dream Observation
Duration:00:02:39
The Point
Duration:00:03:30
The Back Door
Duration:00:07:36
New Potatoes
Duration:00:06:22
Seconds
Duration:00:00:44
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:42