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Under the Skin

Michel Faber

This book follows Isserley as she picks up hitchhikers with big muscles, only interested in their families and strength. With a remarkable face and posture suggestive of a spinal problem, she's both erotic and grotesque. The hitchhikers are a mixed bunch, but her conversation is only a means to endure her physical and spiritual pain. Michel Faber's work has been compared to Roald Dahl and Franz Kafka, and this novel takes readers on a heart-thumping ride through moral instincts and compassion.
Publish Date
2004-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
2004-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2000
Goodreads Rating
3.75
ISBN
9780156011600
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-03-04T18:27:37.000Z
Some of my own favorite weird/strange/experimental/lingering-afterglow/niche novels: Out (Natsuo Kirino) Pym (Mat Johnson) The Book of Disquiet (Pessoa) Under the Skin (Faber) The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P (Rieko Matsuura) The Famished Road (Ben Okri) Delicious Foods (Hannaham)      source