Symptomatic : a novel / Danzy Senna

By:

Senna, Danzy [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2005Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback editionDescription: 219 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1594480672

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Psychological fiction

DDC classification:

Fic
813.54

Summary: A young woman moves to New York City for what promises to be a dream job. Displaced, she feels unsure of her fit in the world. Then comes a look of recognition, a gesture of friendship from an older woman named Greta who shares the same difficult-to-place color of skin. On common ground, a tenuous alliance grows between two women in racial limbo. So too, does the older woman's unnerving obsession, leading to a collision of two lives spiraling out of control. A beautifully written novel, at once suspenseful, erotic, and tantalizingly clever, Symptomatic is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of racial identity.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Women’s Collection	WC 813.54 Sc478s 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	132478d

A young woman moves to New York City for what promises to be a dream job. Displaced, she feels unsure of her fit in the world. Then comes a look of recognition, a gesture of friendship from an older woman named Greta who shares the same difficult-to-place color of skin. On common ground, a tenuous alliance grows between two women in racial limbo. So too, does the older woman's unnerving obsession, leading to a collision of two lives spiraling out of control. A beautifully written novel, at once suspenseful, erotic, and tantalizingly clever, Symptomatic is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of racial identity.

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