Paradise Rot: A Novel

Jenny Hval

Aug 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Brie Jackman

About this audiobook

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imagery Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

Ratings and reviews

Fantastic rythm and imagery. I listened to the whole story in one sitting, enthralled.

About the author

Norwegian writer and musician Jenny Hval has honed an intellectual and uncompromising view of politics and sexuality in her prose as well as in records that include Blood Bitch, Apocalypse, Girl, and Innocence Is Kinky. Her debut novel, Paradise Rot, was published to acclaim in 2018.

Brie Jackman is an audiobook narrator with over sixteen years' experience. Her accent is a warm but subtle variation of her native Australian and she has specialized in romance and erotic romance fiction books.