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Under the Skin is a 2000 science fiction novel by Michel Faber. Set on the east coast in northern Scotland, it traces an alien who, manifesting in human form, drives around the countryside picking up male hitchhikers whom she drugs and delivers to her home planet. The novel, which was Faber's debut, was shortlisted for the 2000 Whitbread Award
Jun 14, 2022 · This book is a must-read for anyone working in healthcare, health equity, biotech, healthtech, or simply curious to understand how racism and racial bias operate under the skin. A masterpiece of investigative journalism and profound humanity, shining a light on a deeply misconstrued human problem.
Jun 8, 2022 · UNDER THE SKIN: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, by Linda Villarosa. In 1973, two Black girls, 14-year-old Minnie Lee Relf and her 12-year-old sister...
Jul 1, 2001 · Under the Skin Paperback – July 1, 2001. by Michel Faber (Author) 4.0 3,497 ratings. See all formats and editions. In this haunting, entrancing novel, Michel Faber introduces us to Isserley, a female driver who cruises the Scottish Highlands picking up hitchhikers.
Jun 14, 2022 · From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.
Jan 1, 2000 · In a surreal portrait of contemporary society run amok, Isserley spends her life picking up hitchhikers, a diverse array of trailer trash, graduate students, thugs, and philosophers, whose only interest for Isserley is whether they have families and whether they have muscles. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.
“Under the Skin makes a powerful case that the systematic assault on Black Americans’ bodies is unhealthy for the entire nation. Based on decades of cutting-edge investigative reporting, Villarosa shines a fresh spotlight on this urgent crisis and offers a promising path to health equity.”
Oct 15, 2013 · A brilliantly told and beautifully written novel that defies categorization, Under the Skin introduces Isserley, a woman obsessed with picking up male hitchhikers— so long as...
Under the Skin. Michel Faber. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 - Fiction - 319 pages. In this haunting, entrancing novel, Michel Faber introduces us to Isserley, a female driver who cruises the...
Explore new worlds in this riveting sci-fi novel. The basis for the film starring Scarlett Johansson, award-winning author Michel Faber's Under the Skin blends elements of science...
