num_pages: 220
description: Look out for Danzy Senna's latest book,  New People , on sale nowA 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.
language: English
title: Symptomatic
titlecomplete: Symptomatic
genres: American, Thriller, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Race, African American, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 640
publisher: Riverhead Books