- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2026 · Finalist
Stag Dance
Stag Dance
Torrey Peters (born 1981)
English editions
Written in EnglishStag Dance
Serpent's Tail · United Kingdom · 2 April 2026 · Paperback · 304 pages
Stag Dance
Serpent's Tail · United Kingdom · 13 March 2025 · Hardcover · 304 pages
Stag Dance
Random House · United States · March 2025 · Hardcover · 304 pages
Stag Dance
Random House Trade Paperbacks · United States · 10 March 2026 · Paperback · 304 pages
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Four pieces, a short novel and three stories, each written in a different genre. In the title piece, told like a tall tale, the lonely crew of a lawless logging camp in winter plans a dance for which some men volunteer to go as women. When Babe Bunyan, the biggest and least handsome of the lumberjacks, says he will be one of them, he is drawn into a rivalry with Lisen, a younger, prettier jack, and obsession and jealousy build toward the big night. Around it: a pandemic in a near-future Seattle leaves people unable to produce sex hormones; a boy at a Quaker boarding school questions his sexuality in a secret romance with his roommate; and at a transfeminine gathering in Las Vegas, a newcomer who dresses as a woman is torn between a handsome stranger and a weary older trans woman.
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About the book
- Form
- Short stories
- Set in
- United States
- First published
- 2025
- Author's age
- 44 when first published
- ISBN
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9781800810792 (Serpent's Tail, United Kingdom)
9780593595640 (Random House, United States)
9780593446355 (Random House Trade Paperbacks, United States)
9781800810815 (Serpent's Tail, United Kingdom)
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