LEADER 01516ojm 2200253z- 450 001 9910148900503321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-732845-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923746 035 $a(BIP)026970367 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923746 100 $a20231107c2009uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aWetlands 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aWith her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany.The book is a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical and psychological, of its narrator's body and mind. It is difficult to overstate the raunchiness of the novel. Wetlands opens in a hospital room after an intimate shaving accident. It gives a detailed topography of Helen's hemorrhoids, continues into the subject of anal intercourse and only gains momentum from there, eventually reaching avocado pits as objects of female sexual satisfaction and - here is where the debate kicks in - just possibly female empowerment. Clearly the novel has struck a nerve, catching a wave of popular interest in renewing the debate over women's roles and image in society. 676 $a833.92 700 $aRoche$b Charlotte$01450853 702 $aMohr$b Tim$4trl 702 $aFox$b Emilia$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148900503321 996 $aWetlands$93650504 997 $aUNINA