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."4/4(K). · Under the Skin is the second book I read by Michel Faber after The Courage Consort, and it will not be the last. I can say that I have seen the exciting world of the author much better with Under The Skin. Michel Faber, one of the authors who forces people to get lost in his world as they read. Even if you hesitate, you cannot stay away. UNDER THE SKIN Elizabeth Goodweather and her city-girl sister, Gloria, couldn’t be more different. Elizabeth lives on a farm in the Great Smoky Mountains. Gloria lives in Florida off an ex-husband’s fortune. Gloria is a beauty; Elizabeth isn’t. Now, to Elizabeth’s intense displeasure, Gloria parks herself at Full Circle Farm, on the run.
Under the Skin blends elements of science fiction, grotesque comedy, horror, and thriller into a genre-jumping meditation." (Washington Post Book World) "Original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century Michel Faber is a strong, moral voice, and this first novel promises great things for the future.". Michel Faber was born in The Hague, Netherlands on Ap. He was educated at the University of Melbourne. His books include The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins, Under the Skin, The Apple, and The Book of Strange New Things. He is also the author of two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort. Michel Faber's first foray into science fiction is subtle. I didn't realise that it was science fiction until I was a third of the way into the book. To me, it was a story about Isserley, a strange woman with perfect breasts (he mentions those a lot), who is uncomfortable in her clothes, her car and seemingly her skin.
Michel Faber's work has been described as a combination of Roald Dahl and Franz Kafka, as Somerset Maugham shacking up with Ian McEwan. 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. more. Under The Skin by Michel Faber. Under the Skin by Michel Faber is a novel that slipstreams science fiction, but remains in literary realms due to the author’s careful theming and character journey. His first novel, written when he was forty years old, Faber had returned from Australia with his wife Eva, to the Scottish Highlands. It is better to travel than to arrive in Michael Faber’s Under The Skin. ‘You don’t often see satire stirred with so humane a hand, or tragedy handled with so light a touch’ Michel.
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