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Aliens & Anorexia, New Edition (Semiotext(E) / Native Agents)
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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 Bigbudget Hollywood Film In Namibia While Kraus Holes Up In The Northwest Woods To Chronicle The Failure Of Gravity & Grace, Her Own Lowbudget Independent Film.In Aliens & Anorexia, Kraus Makes A Case For Empathy As The Ultimate Perceptive Tool, And Reclaims Anorexia From The Psychoanalytic Girlghetto Of Poor Selfesteem. 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 Remainsas Weil Herself Would Be The First To Insista Fool'S Errand.
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