Cartilage and Skin

Rizza, Michael James

ISBN 10: 1938603184 / ISBN 13: 9781938603181

Editore: Starcherone Books, 2013

Codice articolo 1938603184-3-34757154

Riassunto:

Cartilage and Skin is a dark literary thriller about a loner named Dr. Parker. He leaves his city apartment on an indefinite quest, not for love or friendship, but for “a drop of potency.” Yet he is quickly beset by obstacles. Through a series of bad decisions, he ends up being stalked by a violent madman and scrutinized by the law for a crime he claims he did not commit.Meanwhile, he finds himself becoming involved with a kind, generous divorced woman named Vanessa Somerset. She seems to him receptive, if not eager, to love. Little does she know, because he does not tell her, that he is on the run, his life is in shambles, and an absurd horror lurks close by, ready crash down on them.

Informazioni sull'autore:

MICHAEL JAMES RIZZA was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on January 6, 1972. He has been teaching writing and literature for the past tweleve years. He has an MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia and a PhD in American Literature from the University of South Carolina. He has published academic articles on Don DeLillo, Milan Kundera, Harold Frederic, and Adrienne Rich in peer reviewed journals, such as Arizona Quarterly and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. His fiction has recently appeared in Switchback (2012), Atticus Books Online (2011) and Curbside Splendor (forthcoming). He has won various awards for his writing, including a fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts in 2003. The first chapter of Cartilage and Skin was performed at Playwrights Theatre in Madison, New Jersey. His current projects are a book about the theories of Fredric Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, and Michel Foucault, and a novel tentatively titled Domestic Men&;s Fiction. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Robin and their son Wilder.

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Titolo: Cartilage and Skin
Casa editrice: Starcherone Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good