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
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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