{"product_id":"the-skin-is-the-elastic-covering-that-encases-the-entire-body-paperback","title":"The Skin Is the Elastic Covering That Encases the Entire Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBjorn Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Aiken\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feverish combination of stream of conscious, autobiography, collage, and narrative, \u003cem\u003eSkin\u003c\/em\u003e marks the arrival of a truly original literary voice. Reminiscent of Maggie Nelson's \u003cem\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/em\u003e, it is as omnivorous as the bodies within it, as unrestrained as the appetites, terrors, and trysts that celebrated author Bj rn Rasmussen evokes in poetic detail. Deeply emotional, erotic, elegiac, and pansexual, it caresses the wounds we visit upon our body and soul in an attempt to serve the urges of our largest organ--the skin that covers and defines us.\u003cem\u003e--Entropy\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Fiction of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What if your first true love broke all known taboos? What if your very first romance drowned you in a whirlpool of transgression? A coming-of-age novel that is minutely in tune with the perversions of its narrator's body, \u003ci\u003eThe Skin Is the Elastic Covering that Encases the Entire Body\u003c\/i\u003e defines category. The desperate account of a teenage boy in love with a much older riding instructor, it follows the unforgettable Bjorn as he pushes his flesh to its very limits, annihilating boundaries of gender and sexuality in a search for impossible gratification. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA feverish combination of stream of conscious, autobiography, collage, and narrative, \u003ci\u003eSkin\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a truly original literary voice. It is as omnivorous as the bodies within it, as unrestrained as the appetites, terrors, and trystings that celebrated author Bjorn Rasumssen evokes in poetic detail. Deeply emotional, erotic, elegiac, and pansexual, it caresses the wounds we visit upon our flesh and soul in an attempt to serve the urges of the body's largest organ--the skin that covers and defines us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBjørn Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1983 and graduated from the Danish Playwright School in 2007 and from the Danish Writers' School in 2011. He received the Montana Literary Award in 2011 for \u003ci\u003eThe Skin Is the Elastic Covering that Encases the Entire Body\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded a three-year work grant from the Danish government in 2013, and received the Kultur Bornholms Literary Award in 2014. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e is a widely published translator of Danish literature. He received the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Translation Prize in 2012. He has translated numerous books, including Dorthe Nors' \u003ci\u003eKarate Chop\u003c\/i\u003e, and he co-translated volume 6 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e with Don Bartlett.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769983729952,"sku":"9781931883856","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a9d2479c47b8e6cdb1889870e0ff7ca6.webp?v=1780361771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-skin-is-the-elastic-covering-that-encases-the-entire-body-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}