Flesh and Bone

By Cydney Chadwick

Fiction. In an earlier era, these mesmerizing vignettes might have been termed "character studies," although that same era might have banned them for their subversive and off-beat fixations. "Character," in Chadwick's writing, usually reveals itself through the filter of simple actions (sneaking into a church, returning to a childhood home) or the filter ofobjects (an eyelash trapped under a contact lens, an inferior lithograph given as a gift). However, these filters never entirely obscure another character, Chadwick's narrator, who slowly reveals her iconoclastic views on art, politics, sex and the after-effects of 60's California culture. "FLESH AND BONE is saturated with mysteries. These stories are sexy, religious, and relentlessly intelligent, as impervious to denial as a finger cut that refuses to heal" -- Barry Gifford.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880713284
• ISBN13: 9781880713280
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Avec Books
• Length: 185 Pages