Under the Skin Tapa blanda - 2001
de Michel Faber
Hailed as "original and unsettling, an "Animal Farm" for the new century" ("The Wall Street Journal"), this first novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles and listens for clues about who might miss them if they should disappear.
Resumen
Described as a "fascinating psychological thriller" (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peering up over the steering wheel. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, she listens to her hitchhikers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them if they should disappear. At once humane and horrifying, Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory-our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion. A grotesque and comical allegory, a surreal representation of contemporary society run amok, Under the Skin has been internationally received as the arrival of an exciting talent, rich and assured.
Primera línea
ISSERLEY ALWAYS DROVE straight past a hitch-hiker when she first saw him, to give herself time to size him up.
Descripción de contraportada
Now a Major Motion Picture "Alternately gorgeous and terrifying, lyrical and brutal, "Under the Skin "compels and teases . . . Satisfying and successful." "Newsday"In this haunting, entrancing novel, Michel Faber introduces us to Isserley, a female driver who cruises the Scottish Highlands picking up hitchhikers. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, she listens to her hitchhikers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them if they should disappear. A grotesque and comical allegory, "Under the Skin" takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion to present a surreal representation of contemporary society run amok."A wonderful book painful, lyrical, frightening, brilliant . . . I couldn t put it down." Kate Atkinson, author of "Life After Life"Finalist for the Whitbread AwardMichel Faber is the author of "The Crimson Petal and the White, The Courage Consort, "and "Some Rain Must Fall." His work has been published in twenty countries and received several literary awards. He lives in Scotland.
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Detalles
- Título Under the Skin
- Autor Michel Faber
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 336
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Mariner Books, NY USA
- Fecha de publicación 2001-07-16
- ISBN 9780156011600 / 0156011603
- Peso 0.6 libras (0.27 kg)
- Dimensiones 8 x 5.2 x 1.1 pulgadas (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
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Temas
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Scotland, Psychological fiction
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 99047931
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Booklist, 08/01/2002, Page 1939
- New York Times, 12/02/2001, Page 89
- New York Times Book Review, 03/08/2009, Page 23
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