Silk

by Grace Dane Mazur and Alex Brown

Collection of stories about people who are far from home, all, in thier way, discovering life, death, and eros. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571290281
• ISBN13: 9781571290281
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Brookline Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Silk: sensual satisfying stories

Grace Dane Mazur is a biophysicist, and has a scientist's eye for detail. But she's also a poet, to judge by her skillful use of words, and she has a painter's appreciation for the language of natural light. Many of the stories in this slim collection are connected. They relate crucial, character-forming episodes in the life of Cassandra. The stories are set in Paris, the American Northwest, and South East Asia and are filled with the sensual experiences of foreign life - the reverent silence of catacombs, the roar of a monsoon and the exotic taste of durian. But best of all are the characters. They are complex, human and falliable. It is a delight to watch them change and grow from one story to the next. We first meet Cassandra as a young girl, then as a graduate student in Paris and again as a working scientist. Some of the stories are told in the first person (Cassandra's point of view) and some in the third person; this mix of viewpoints allows the author to give us a fuller appreciation of Cassandra's character. Highly recommended, especially if you've been to Paris or South East Asia, or ever eaten a durian.