Filthy Animals – Brandon Taylor

Yn dilyn ei nofel ysgubol cyntaf, Real Life, dychwelwyd Brandon Taylor i’w ffurf orau o ysgrifennu yn Filthy Animals, casgliad o straeon byr am oedolion ifanc yng Nghanol America.

In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young adults in the American midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness. In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her body and her family; menacing undercurrents among a group of teenagers explode in violence on a winter night; a little girl tears through a house like a tornado, driving her babysitter to the brink; and couples feel out the jagged edges of connection, comfort, and cruelty.