Berøringen af hud er digte om følesansen – om hænder, kærtegn og kamp, om at mærke nærvær og fravær, om de materialer, vi omgiver os med, og de elementer, vi udsættes for.
Med Berøringen af hud afslutter Pia Tafdrup kvintetten DE FEM SANSER, som er en undersøgelse af sanserne i poetisk form, og som består af digtsamlingerne Smagen af stål , Lugten af sne , Synet af lys, Lyden af skyer og nu Berøringen af hud .
Alle fem bind i sansekvintetten kan købes samlet under titlen De fem sanser .
Pia Tafdrup is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. Pia Tafdrup's work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections "Spring Tide" (1989) and "Queen's Gate" (2001) have been translated into English. She was elected as a member of the Danish Literary Academy in 1989; she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literary Prize in 1999, and the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize in 2006. In 2001, she was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.