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Torpor

Chris Kraus

2006285 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Semiotext(e) · 285 pages · ENGISBN 9781584350279
  • 2015Semiotext(E) · 311 pages · ENGISBN 9781584351658
  • 2017Profile Books Limited · ENGISBN 9781781258989

A novel set in 1991, post-MTV, pre-AOL: Sylvie, longing for a life more like the TV show thirtysomething, sets off with her husband, Columbia University professor Jerome, to Romania to adopt a child.

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