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Bear Witness
A Literary Fiction Short Story by Mary Gaitskill
Subgenres:
- Courtroom Drama,
- Psychological Fiction,
- Sexual Violence
This book is for you if you're into...
- Courtroom stories told through three clashing perspectives
- Literary fiction that interrogates moral uncertainty and sexual violence
In the wake of a brutal crime, three people cross paths in this unflinching deconstruction of moral uncertainty, shifting perceptions, and sexual violence by Mary Gaitskill, the critically acclaimed author of Bad Behavior.
Mark is the accused rapist. Miss P. is the victim, his former teacher. Moira M. is an apathetic juror. As the trial unfolds in this intense short story, three personal histories emerge, along with three alarmingly different points of view: Obsessed and angry. Menaced and disillusioned. Disaffected and searching through an unexamined life for moral conviction.
Mary Gaitskill's Bear Witness is part of Out of Line, an incisive collection of funny, enraging, and hopeful stories of women's empowerment and escape. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.
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