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Danzy Senna
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| Title: |
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Symptomatic |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Hardcover |
| Pages: |
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224 |
| Date: |
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2004-05-11 |
| ISBN: |
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1573222755 |
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Riverhead Hardcover |
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0.85 pounds |
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5.72 x 8.48 x 0.84 inches |
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First Edition |
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2 April (USA: NC), HI77 (USA: FL) |
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2 conne (USA: NY), 9pine (USA: CA) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
A novel of acute psychological tension and unsettling questions of identity-the much-anticipated follow-up to Senna's groundbreaking debut, Caucasia.
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."
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