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urban-marginality

The setting highlights impoverished, neglected neighborhoods where informal economies and social instability prevail.

1 chapter across 1 book

Tentacle (2018)Rita Indiana

Chapter 6

Acilde, fleeing persecution after a crime, seeks refuge among a violent evangelical commune in Villa Mella but escapes captivity with the help of local children. She contacts Eric, who performs a radical and painful gender transformation on her using a mysterious drug called Rainbow Brite, while both confront their physical and existential vulnerabilities amid a backdrop of religious fanaticism and social decay.