Ciona

Framed as a life story, the novel follows its narrator and her companion Gabriella between Paris and New York, where much of their time goes on discussing desire and what it means to be a woman or a man. Running alongside their story is an account of Ciona intestinalis, a sea squirt living on the ocean floor that is a remote cousin of our own species. Femininity, sex and inheritance are the threads of this compact book.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

168 pages in the original

Genres

Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

United States, France

First published

2002 by Alfabeta Anamma

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9789150101218 (original)