Camilla Grudova: The Doll's Alphabet [2017] paperback MILIT There appears to be no

There appears to be no special 'life force'

a message only Enola can decipher

Following the cycle of the seasons

intentionally or by chance

giving them the opportunity to reflect on where they have come from - and where they are capable of going

Camilla Grudova: The Doll's Alphabet [2017] paperback MILIT There appears to be noSurreal, ambitious and exquisitely conceived, The Doll's Alphabet is a collection of stories in the tradition of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Dolls, sewing machines, tinned foods, mirrors, malfunctioning bodies many images recur in stories that are in turn child like and naive, grotesque and very dark. In 'Unstitching', a feminist revolution takes place. In 'Waxy', a factory worker fights to keep hold of her Man in a society where it is frowned