Hip bonesbones of all kindsproject sharply from the pages ofSally Rooneynovels.
But the real action, as ever, is trained squarely on thin characters.
This time its a man whos young and thin and shivering!
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Just what is Rooney communicating with her recurring descriptions of a certain kind of body?
The thinness isnt explicitly glamorized, but its ubiquitous enough to feel like a prerequisite for sensuality.
But even while shes eating, the smooth obtrusion of her prominent ankle bone is noted.
Does a womans pain still matter if her appetite doesnt diminish and her bones dont show?
Thin has long been the unexamined default in literary fiction.
