by Michel Faber · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806157166
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«Sotto la pelle» is Michel Faber's science fiction novel, published in 2004 by Einaudi in paperback (268 pages, in Italian).
A woman named Isserley drives through the Scottish Highlands picking up hitchhikers: she looks for burly men travelling alone. What seems like a simple journey becomes a nightmare that raises questions about identity, alienation and the nature of humanity.
Original title: Under the Skin; Italian translation by Luca Lamberti. Einaudi's Stile Libero Big collection.
Aimed at readers of science fiction and unsettling narrative with a critical undertone.
Michel Faber is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction, including his 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White, and Under the Skin (2000) which was adapted for film by Jonathan Glazer, starring Scarlett Johansson. His novel for young adults, D: A Tale of Two Worlds, was published in 2020. His book, Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, a non-fiction work about music, came out in October 2023.
