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To Smithereens is an extraordinarily good book, but then so is everything Rosalyn Drexler ever wrote. The New York Times
A zany romance set amid the Manhattan experimental art scene and the female wrestling world of the 1970s, from an overlooked star of the Pop Art movement
When Rosa, a depressed and drifting twenty-something, meets Paul, a middling art critic, an off-kilter romance commences. Paul longs to be dominated by physically powerful women and convinces Rosa to fulfill one of his fantasies: that she become a wrestler. Soon, Rosa joins a womens wrestling team and embarks on a tour of the South, befriends her horny teammates and their jealous boyfriends, and learns to hold her own among a crew of seedy coaches and greedy promoters. Through wrestling, Rosa learns to articulate what kind of life she wants, and to wriggle free of Pauls attempts to possess her.
To Smithereens is a lighthearted satire of art world personalities, a glimpse into Manhattan of the 1970swith its seedy theatres and beloved freaksand a riotous foray into the craze of mid-century womens wrestling. Inspired both by Drexlers experiences as one of few women in the Pop Art movement and her own career in the ring (immortalized in Andy Warhols Album of a Mat Queen), and first published in 1972, To Smithereens is an antic, biting portrait of its time from a voice that speaks directly to ours.
Author: Rosalyn Drexler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hagfish
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781965028025
Language: English
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