ANONYMA
2018
First Published
3.69
Average Rating
124
Number of Pages
The history of art is littered with Great Men and the Muses they use as stepping stones to brilliance. In this shockingly lyrical, endlessly rich and luxurious nightmare of a novel, the Muse turns. Yet, it is not so much a tale of vengeance or comeuppance as it is a heroine's journey, as Anonyma survives doomscapes almost beyond imagination and the transgressions of mere men, mere artists, survives the horrors imposed upon the feminine to rediscover her own magic and power. Anonyma, novel and narrator, holds up a dark mirror to our paradigm of art as a kind of device for reducing women to Platonic ideals while staging theophanies for men. But she also holds the mirror to herself, her sisters, even, daring to hope, a daughter. ANONYMA is a novel full of blood and love and despair and courage.
Avg Rating
3.69
Number of Ratings
35
5 STARS
37%
4 STARS
14%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Farah Rose Smith
Author · 5 books
Farah Rose Smith was born and raised in Rhode Island. She is the author of the novellas ANONYMA, The Almanac of Dust, and Eviscerator. Her first collection of short fiction, Of One Pure Will, was released by Egaeus Press in 2019 and will be re-released by Trepidatio Publishing in September of 2021. Her writing has appeared in Lackington’s Magazine, Darker Magazine (Russia), Spectral Realms, Vasterien Literary Journal, Nightscript, Dead Reckonings, etc. Smith holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Hunter College and is currently working towards a Master’s degree at Hunter College in English. She is a book reviewer for Publisher’s Weekly and works part-time as a literary agent. She lives in New York City with her husband, author Michael Cisco, and their three cats.
