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Torpor

Chris Kraus

It's Summer, 1991, the dawning of the New World Order; a post-MTV, pre-AOL generation. Jerome Shafir and Sylvie Green, two former New Yorkers who can no longer afford an East Village apartment, set off on a journey across the entire former Soviet Bloc with the intention of adopting a Romanian orphan.

Unflinchingly dark, hilarious and moving - Torpor is at once a satire and philosophy of cultural history, social identity and failing relationships. Dipping into the trajectory of a life at different moments, Kraus interrogates convention and emotion, creating characters that are flawed, witty, and altogether true to life.

Part prequel, part sequel, Torpor continues a project of life-writing; personal, unsparing, and triumphant. If I Love Dick is the book of your 20s, Torpor is the book of your 30s.

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : JUN 1, 2017
  • Imprint : Tuskar Rock
  • Page Extent : 304
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781781258989
  • Price : INR 650
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Chris Kraus

Chris Kraus is the author of four novels including Aliens and Anorexia I Love Dick and Torpor and two books of art and cultural criticism all published by Semiotext(e). She was a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow and teaches writing at European Graduate School.

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