Symptomatic : a novel / Danzy Senna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Senna, Danzy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Physical Description:

213 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.

Summary:

Danzy Senna's tantalizing new novel centers on a college graduate, recently moved to New York City for what promises to be a dream job--a prestigious fellowship writing for a respected magazine. Displaced, though, and unsure of how she fits into the world around her, she becomes the object of an older woman's attention: both women share the same difficult-to-place skin color. As the older woman's interest turns to obsession, the narrator must figure out what their relationship means to her--while both of their lives seem to be spiraling out of control. Senna's Caucasia was a highly acclaimed debut that went on to become a contemporary classic. In Symptomatic, she takes questions of identity a step further, in a beautifully written novel that is at once suspenseful, erotic, clever, and, as The New York Times wrote of Caucasia, "deeply intelligent."

ISBN:

1573222755

OCLC:

53840041