Organ Meats
Possesses something of the febrile intensity of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, their laser focus on female friendship, but instead of Naples, K-Ming Chang’s wild girls inhabit a magical universe of talking dogs and shape-shifting body parts ... Sometimes repulsively rich and clotted with language, a novel deeply invested in teen gothic scenes of rot and decay ... The problem with parables and fables is they can lack propulsive narrative energy, but the presence of the irrepressible Anita alleviates the more bloated sections.
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Chang’s existing fan base will likely be enthralled; her fantastical, visceral meanderings may confound or repel others.
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Bizarro and magnificent ... Exhibiting her surreal bona fides, Chang proves herself a worthy heir to Leonora Carrington and Unica Zürn.
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