@booklet {11288, title = {Un-Girls}, year = {2019}, note = {

An excerpt was published in The Johannesburg Review of Books 3.7 (July 2019). [The JRB exclusive] Read an excerpt from Ungirls, a new disturbing and provocative story by Lauren Beukes [Plus: Sample the audiobook] \– The Johannesburg Review of Books.

}, month = {2019}, publisher = {Amazon Original Stories}, address = {Seattle, WA}, abstract = {

Set in a future South Africa, the novella follows a number of individuals, men and women, gay and straight, black and white. In one story line, laboratory grown meat is fashioned into extremely beautiful women, designed to the purchaser\’s preference, and programmed to provide pleasure. Another story line focuses on a popular lecturer pushing the line that empowered women are undermining masculinity. Others follow female and male sex workers.

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)} }