A novel about failure, empathy, and sadness, with a cast of
characters that includes Simone Weil, Paul Thek, and the author
herself. First published in 2000, Chris Kraus's second novel,
Aliens & Anorexia, defined a female form of chance that is both
emotional and radical. Unfolding like a set of Chinese boxes, with
storytelling and philosophy informing each other, the novel weaves
together the lives of earnest visionaries and failed artists. Its
characters include Simone Weil, the first radical philosopher of
sadness; the artist Paul Thek; Kraus herself; and "Africa," Kraus's
virtual S&M partner, who is shooting a big-budget Hollywood
film in Namibia while Kraus holes up in the Northwest woods to
chronicle the failure of Gravity & Grace, her own low-budget
independent film. In Aliens & Anorexia, Kraus makes a case for
empathy as the ultimate perceptive tool, and reclaims anorexia from
the psychoanalytic girl-ghetto of poor "self-esteem." Anorexia,
Kraus writes, could be an attempt to leave the body altogether: a
rejection of the cynicism that this culture hands us through its
food. As Palle Yourgrau writes in the book's new foreword, "Kraus's
rescue operation for aliens like Weil from behind enemy lines on
planet Earth is a gift, if, in the end, like all good deeds, it
remains-as Weil herself would be the first to insist-a fool's
errand."
General
| Imprint: |
Semiotext(e)
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Semiotext(e) / Native Agents |
| Release date: |
August 2013 |
| First published: |
2013 |
| Authors: |
Chris Kraus
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| Foreword by: |
Palle Yourgrau
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| Dimensions: |
226 x 151 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
261 |
| Edition: |
new edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-58435-126-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-58435-126-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781584351269 |
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