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Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis

Ali Smith (2007)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.78

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageMild

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Synopsis

Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances? Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations. Funny and fresh, poetic and political, Girl meets boy is a myth of metamorphosis for the modern world.

Tags

Literary FictionContemporary FantasyMagical RealismLGBTQ+ FictionMythological Retelling