Crush

Crush is the story of a man who wants to turn into an animal He employs a variety of techniques to transform himself He cuts off parts of his body He exercises He wants to return to the water to speed up evolution a little Has he gone mad or is he just tired of being human As the narrator descends into his private obsessions we begin to perceive the distorted outlines of reason that guide his journey The trajectory he takes allows us to reflect upon the correlations between the body and identity our cultures obsession with the body beautiful and what it means to be human