Chris Kraus

Aliens & Anorexia (Native Agents) (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)

Chris Kraus’ The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to Tel Aviv. Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves – along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm – caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times. As the two brothers climb the rungs of society – working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany – Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths. The story of the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one – under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists. Translated from the German by Ruth Martin

The Bastard Factory

Kathy Acker

Blood and Guts in High School

Verano del odio

In this bold novel that shatters the barriers between fiction and reality, the dark object of narrator Chris's desire is Dick, a well-known theorist who refuses to answer her letters. Chris tenaciously continues to pursue him nonetheless, eventually traveling across the country. The passion-fueled journey pushes the protagonist to a state of madness that moves her away from a life in the shadow of her successful husband and brings her to question the very foundation of her femininity. Chris's compulsive love letters act as essays, and a moment arrives when the letters are in and of themselves art, no longer having anything to do with Dick. The creative force is the guiding principle behind this manifesto-novel that presents a new way to understand feminism, love, and our relationship with the world.

Amo a Dick

Cherchant à fuir une relation SM qui a mal tourné, Catt décide de faire une pause dans sa vie californienne d’intellectuelle précaire pour renouer avec « la vraie vie » et rénover plusieurs appartements achetés une bouchée de pain à Albuquerque. C’est là qu’elle rencontre Paul, un ex-taulard, ancien toxicomane, de dix ans plus jeune qu’elle. Catt l’engage pour diriger les travaux et tente de le sortir de l’engrenage de la récidive. L’amour est-il possible entre deux êtres de milieux différents, sur les décombres d’une société aussi violente et inégalitaire ? Avec Dans la fureur du monde, Chris Kraus nous propose une réflexion subtile sur le désir féminin, le pouvoir de l’argent et le couple dans tous ses états, dans une Amérique plus fracturée que jamais.

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