Skin
Eager to grow and transform, Bibi, a guerrilla performance artist, begins ritual cuttings and scarrings of her own body, and not even her metal sculptor friend, Tess, can stop her. 25,000 first printing.
Eager to grow and transform, Bibi, a guerrilla performance artist, begins ritual cuttings and scarrings of her own body, and not even her metal sculptor friend, Tess, can stop her. 25,000 first printing.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385308991 (038530899X)
Publish date: February 1st 1993
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
I originally read Skin when it was first released in 1993 by Dell Abyss back when they had their horror line. I remember stalking my local bookstores for their titles and now those bookstores are long gone. I miss those days. Because my memory is poo and it was over 20 years ago (OMG!), I remembered...
The horror in this book was more subtle than I expected. It was mostly a feeling that there's something wrong here, and not so much an in-your-face gore fest, though there was a bit of that too. Overall a unique read, unlike anything I've seen before.
Original review from 2011: I read this last year, but I want to re-read this before I give my official opinion on it. It was an odd book that I enjoyed. I think the difference between last year and this year is that I "get" this novel better than last year. Definitely a good read in my opinion. Defi...
I read this last year, but I want to re-read this before I give my official opinion on it. It was an odd book that I enjoyed.I think the difference between last year and this year is that I "get" this novel better than last year. Definitely a good read in my opinion. Definitely not a book that all w...
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