The SFWA Grand Master's award-winning collection "combines a
richly textured multicultural background with incisive storytelling"
(Library Journal).
In Skin Folk, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean
folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her
award-winning best, spinning tales like "Precious," in which the
narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she
attempts to talk or sing. In "A Habit of Waste," a self-conscious woman
undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later she's
shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus. In "The Glass
Bottle Trick," the young protagonist ignores her intuition regarding her
new husband's superstitions--to horrifying consequences.
Hopkinson's unique pacing and vibrant dialogue sets a steady beat for
stories that illustrate why she received the John W. Campbell Award for
Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring, Skin Folk is
not to be missed.
Praise for Nalo Hopkinson and the World Fantasy Award-winning Skin
Folk
"Hopkinson's prose is vivid and immediate." --The Washington Post Book
World
"An important new writer." --The Dallas Morning News
"Her descriptions of ordinary people finding themselves in extraordinary
circumstances ring true, the result of her strong evocation of place and
her ear for dialect." --Publishers Weekly
"A marvelous display of Nalo Hopkinson's talents, skills and insights
into the human conditions of life, especially of the fantastic realities
of the Caribbean . . . Everything is possible in her imagination."
--Science Fiction Chronicle
