Synopses & Reviews
In this acclaimed and groundbreaking memoir, Kathryn Harrison transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman’s life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that begins when she, at age twenty, is reunited with the father whose absence had haunted her youth. Exquisitely and hypnotically written, like a bold and terrifying dream, The Kiss is breathtaking in its honesty and in the power and beauty of its creation. A story both of transgression and of family complicity in breaking taboo, The Kiss is also about love—about the most primal of love triangles, the one that ensnares a child between mother and father.
About the Author
Kathryn Harrison's novels include
Thicker than Water and
Exposure, both
New York Times Notable Books, and
Poison, called "powerful and hypnotic" by
The New York Times and "a masterpiece" by Lucy Grealy. Harrison lives in New York.
From the Hardcover edition.
Exclusive Essay
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