Isbn: 9780063283763 - people collide: a body-swap story of marriage and identity―a search for a missing wife across europe (15 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. ?One of the year?s most compelling reads.??Washington Post?Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package.??New York TimesFrom the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians, a gender-bending, speculative body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership.When Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies, but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace. What follows is Eli?s search across Europe and to America for his missing wife?and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience in this high-concept literary fiction.As Eli comes closer to finding Elizabeth?while learning to exist in her body?he begins to wonder what effect this metamorphosis will have on their relationship and how long he can maintain the illusion of living as someone he isn?t. Will their unconventional marriage wither completely? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive?A rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, People Collide is a philosophical novel and a portrait of shared lives that shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we are. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. ?One of the year?s most compelling reads.??Washington Post?Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package.??New York TimesFrom the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians, a gender-bending, speculative body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership.When Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies, but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace. What follows is Eli?s search across Europe and to America for his missing wife?and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience in this high-concept literary fiction.As Eli comes closer to finding Elizabeth?while learning to exist in her body?he begins to wonder what effect this metamorphosis will have on their relationship and how long he can maintain the illusion of living as someone he isn?t. Will their unconventional marriage wither completely? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive?A rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, People Collide is a philosophical novel and a portrait of shared lives that shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we are.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 246 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 246 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "One of the year's most compelling reads."Washington Post.