Sayaka Murata’s strange new world
Her latest novel, Vanishing World, is a surprisingly fearful book, one which conflates biological essentialism with what is good and natural.
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Megan Nolan
Megan Nolan is a writer of essays, criticism and fiction born in Ireland and based in New York.
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