简介：Menkes’ riveting and formally inventive first feature follows detached sex worker Ada (Tinka Menkes) as she navigates the bars, flophouses and swimming pools of East Los Angeles, inevitably towards an unexpected spiritual awakening. This stylish, slow-burning noir psychological novel blends poetry by Anne Sexton, Mary Daly, and Gertrude Stein with allusions to Catholicism and medieval witch-hunts to create a spectacular finale.
Menkes’ riveting and formally inventive first feature follows detached sex worker Ada (Tinka Menkes) as she navigates the bars, flophouses and swimming pools of East Los Angeles, inevitably towards an unexpected spiritual awakening. This stylish, slow-burning noir psychological novel blends poetry by Anne Sexton, Mary Daly, and Gertrude Stein with allusions to Catholicism and medieval witch-hunts to create a spectacular finale. 展开