Skin Folk

Stories

By: Nalo Hopkinson

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

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 and vibrant sense of pacing and dialogue sets a steady beat for stories that illustrate why she received the 1999 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring, Skin Folk is not to be missed.

Contains mature themes.

©2001 Nalo Hopkinson (P)2019 Tantor

I loved it all! I want each story to be its own separate book.

😍 So many variety of stories. I am glad so many types of people were included . And de accent made me feel warm and nice and ting. Please write a separate book of Caribbean women 2 women romance 💘! I never get to hear such stories like dat! 🔥

A great display of Hopkinson's talents

Each story was unique, enchanting, sometimes dosturbing, and informative. Combines life in Canada with Caribbean culture and folklore.

Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful

Another collection of amazing stories. hearing them in the Caribbean dialect truly made all the difference, bringing the characters and folklore come to life. The stories of K.C, Cleave and Izxy made me howl with laughter often.

mindblowingly exquisite!!!

gorgeous gorgeous writing and storytelling. The narrator's voice was like music. I loved everything about this collection. In fact, I need to listen a srcond time!

Pleasant Suprise

A host of wonderful short stories mixing Caribbean elements, folk tales and science fiction. It was over in an instant and I wish someone else had read it with me so we could discuss the stories. Good stuff.