Mary Gaitskill
American novelist and short-story writer whose Bad Behavior is a celebrated collection of stories about sex, power, and desire. Her novel Veronica was a National Book Award finalist. She is one of the most fearless and psychologically precise writers in contemporary American fiction.
Works
- Bad BehaviorStories of sexual dysfunction and moral ambiguity in contemporary relationships
- Two Girls, Fat and ThinTwo women's friendship tested by obsession with competing ideologies and personalities
- Because They Wanted ToWoman's body becomes tool for exploring desire and objectification
- VeronicaWoman's spiral into addiction and degradation through humiliation and desire
- Don't CryStories capturing subtle cruelties and complexities of human relationships