Skin
Subtitle: stories
By: by C. E. Poverman.
Publisher: Ontario Review Press; Distributed by G. Braziller
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Princeton; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Description: In these sensitive and keenly observed stories dramatizing the complexities and ambiguities of human relationships, C.E. Poverman presents a richly varied range of protagonists. Among them are an Hispanic social worker who takes calls on a crisis center helpline ("Cutter"), a young model who demonstrates cosmetics ("Beautiful"), and a college professor accused of sexual abuse ("The Man Who Died"). The powerful climax of the collection is the hallucinatory title story, where a young woman discovers that her lover is a potentially dangerous psychopath. Marked by intelligence, compassion, and a sense of irony, these stories secure Poverman's place among the best writers of short fiction in America today.
Table of contents: title: Cutter; title: Africa; title: Beautiful; title: Intervention; title: Children's law; title: Desert light; title: Father's weekend; title: On the ocean; title: The man who died; title: Skin; title: We all share the sun and the moon.