Craig Davidson brings beauty to even the most distasteful of subjects in an unsettling collection of short stories
The short story collection that inspired this year's award-winning film of the same name, Rust and Bone is an unsettling read. Craig Davidson strips humanity down to its most base and conflicted. In "A Mean Utility", ad exec James Paris enters his dogs into bloody fights as an antidote to the emasculation of being unable to conceive with his wife. Davidson enjoys drawing attention to man's inner animal, doing little to distinguish between men and beasts. Crowds at prizefights are "a pack of bloodthirsty crazies waving dollar bills", while Sam, a sex addict, likens his attitude to women to a cowboy's attitude to horses in a western movie: "I cherish the nature of horses – hardworking, reliable, docile. But alla them is that way. Can always find y'self another horse."
Instinct pulses through the collection,...
The short story collection that inspired this year's award-winning film of the same name, Rust and Bone is an unsettling read. Craig Davidson strips humanity down to its most base and conflicted. In "A Mean Utility", ad exec James Paris enters his dogs into bloody fights as an antidote to the emasculation of being unable to conceive with his wife. Davidson enjoys drawing attention to man's inner animal, doing little to distinguish between men and beasts. Crowds at prizefights are "a pack of bloodthirsty crazies waving dollar bills", while Sam, a sex addict, likens his attitude to women to a cowboy's attitude to horses in a western movie: "I cherish the nature of horses – hardworking, reliable, docile. But alla them is that way. Can always find y'self another horse."
Instinct pulses through the collection,...
- 11/4/2012
- by Mina Holland
- The Guardian - Film News
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