A Current Through the Flesh

By Richard-Yves Sitoski

A Current Through the Flesh weaves family history into an abrasive cloth from which Richard-Yves Sitoski tailors the full regalia--pre-moth-eaten and torn--of everyday life. To do so he traces traumas back three generations and across families to reveal the flimsiness of male self-images, the perils of silence, and the latent power of women oppressed by toxic beliefs. Above all, he asks what we owe our parents, when they both make and unmake us, when the line between innocence and guilt is erased, and when we find ourselves emulating those who hurt us most. He tackles these subjects with a dry and uncompromising humour that is the obverse not of tears, but of bewilderment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771262915
• ISBN13: 9781771262910
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Mansfield Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"