In the Flesh

';As compelling as it is uncomfortable to read... succeeds brilliantly as a composed portrayal of a woman who abandons herself to sensation in every form.' Kirkus Reviews In the Flesh explores through poetic imagery the sexual encounters of a woman's life as they flicker through her memories, back and forth in time from the first awakenings of puberty to the full-blown pleasures of her maturity. Hovering on the border between dream and reality, the narrator lingers over recollections of early explorations with her brother, with a schoolteacher, and with friends both male and female. The vibrant happiness of these memories contrasts with darker thoughts, as the narrator concentrates on her secret relationship with her father. Translated from the Danish, In the Flesh is an erotic, lyrically surreal novel with a volatile, dreamlike quality that blurs the line between reality and imagination.