"For the uninitiated, Bunny is a surreal, hallucinogenic novel set on a prestigious creative writing master of fine arts (MFA) programme. Narrated by Samantha, an acerbic writer of dark fiction, it centres on a clique of saccharine students whose corny obsessions internet hair-braiding tutorials, vintage typewriters, tiny baked goods belie their true demonic natures. Behind the scenes, the bunnies are magically creating hunky man-bunny hybrids they call drafts. These darlings eventually have to be killed literally, with axes."
"A satire about creativity and class, Bunny was chosen as a best book of the year by Time and Vogue, and hailed as genius by Margaret Atwood (Atwood later named Awad her literary heir apparent in a magazine feature). It became a bestseller in 2021, selling more than a million copies worldwide, after being embraced by fans of weird girl lit and so-called femgore on Booktok; in 2023 it was optioned for film by Bad Robot."
Mona Awad realised the psychotically twee characters from Bunny had returned while trying on a forest-green, deer-patterned dress and thought the garment belonged to Cupcake. Bunny is a surreal, hallucinogenic novel set on a prestigious MFA programme, narrated by Samantha and centred on a clique of saccharine students whose corny obsessions belie demonic natures. The bunnies create hunky man-bunny hybrids called drafts that must be killed literally with axes. Bunny was chosen as a best book of the year by Time and Vogue, hailed by Margaret Atwood, and became a 2021 bestseller selling over a million copies. The book was embraced by Booktok communities and optioned for film by Bad Robot; Awad published All's Well (2021) and Rouge (2023) while fans continued to create tributes, tattoos, and music inspired by Bunny.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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