by Mary Gaitskill · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099908302
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«Two Girls, Fat and Thin» is the contemporary fiction novel by Mary Gaitskill, published by Vintage in paperback (326 pages, in English).
Justine, young, beautiful and lonely, is addicted to sex; Dorothy has dragged from childhood a life of fatness and unhappiness. They seem opposites, but share wounds and sexual secrets that unite them in an intense friendship. The novel explores violence, pain, intimacy, isolation and the betrayal of love and innocence in the suburbs.
Originally published in 1991; this Vintage edition appeared in 1992. It falls within contemporary literary fiction.
Aimed at readers of literary fiction interested in complex female characters and the psychological exploration of desire.
Mary Gaitskill is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Her books include the short story collection Bad Behavior (1988) and Veronica (2005), which was nominated for both the National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
