I Love Dick

by Chris Kraus, Kevin Vennemann (Translator)

Overview

Chris Kraus, eine gescheiterte Künstlerin, die unaufhaltsam auf die 40 zugeht, lernt durch ihren Ehemann den akademischen Cowboy Dick kennen. Dick wird zu ihrer Obsession. Völlig überwältigt von ihren Gefühlen schreibt sie zunächst eine Erzählung über ihr erstes Treffen, dann verfasst sie Briefe, die sie nicht abschickt, und auch Sylvère, ihr Mann, wird Teil dieses Konzept-Dreiers. Mal schreiben beide Dick gemeinsam, mal einzeln, doch während Sylvère irgendwann sein Interesse wieder verliert, verstrickt sich Chris immer mehr in die Abgründe ihrer eigenen Begierde. Chris Kraus hebt in ihrem mittlerweile in mehr als ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzten und als Amazon-Serie verfilmten Roman die Grenzen zwischen Fiktion, Essay und Tagebuch auf und schuf damit gegen Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts ein völlig neues Genre. Was die Autorin selbst als "Bekenntnis- Literatur" und "Phänomenologie der einsamen Mädchen" bezeichnet, ist weit mehr als das : Es ist der letzte große feministische Roman des 20. und der erste große Liebesroman des 21. Jahrhunderts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783957572042
Publisher:	Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlag
Publication date:	01/30/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	292
File size:	2 MB
Language:	German

About the Author

Chris Kraus, 1955 in New York City geboren, ist Filmemacherin und Autorin. Index nannte sie "eine der subversivsten Stimmen der amerikanischen Literatur". Ihre Arbeit wurde für ihre vernichtende Intelligenz, Verletzlichkeit und ihr grelles Tempo gelobt. I love Dick ist ihr wichtigstes Buch. Sie lebt in Los Angeles. Kevin Vennemann, 1977 geboren, ist Autor und Übersetzer, lehrt am Scripps College in Claremont, Kalifornien und lebt in Los Angeles. 2015 promovierte er mit einer Arbeit über Müdigkeit an der New York University. Er veröffentlichte u. a. die Romane Nahe Jedenew und Mara Kogoj.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A clever, finely crafted crossover between life, love and cultural studies." —Peter Beilharz, The Australian

Semiotext(e)

"A little masterpiece of late twenieth century literature." East Hampton Star

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"Devastatingly funny and sublime... a new classic." The Seattle Stranger

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"Ever since I read I Love Dick, I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind." Rick Moody Post Road

Semiotext(e)

"Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control." The Nation

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"The biggest art revelation of the year." The New Zealand Listener

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"Unexpectedly riveting." BookForum

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Editorial Reviews

A clever, finely crafted crossover between life, love and cultural studies.—The Australian—

But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's 'I Love Dick' offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus—also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author—reckoning with her unrequited love for 'Dick ____,' a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ('I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy—a claustrophobia inside your skin') and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act.

—The New York Times—

The most important book about men and women written in the last century.

—The Guardian—

The intelligence and honesty and total originality of Chris Kraus make her work not just great but indispensable—especially now, when everything is so confusing, so full of despair. I read everything Chris Kraus writes; she softens despair with her brightness, and with incredible humor, too.

—Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers—

A little masterpiece of late twenieth century literature.

—East Hampton Star—

Devastatingly funny and sublime... a new classic.

—The Seattle Stranger—

Ever since I read I Love Dick, I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind.

—Post Road—

Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control.

—The Nation—

The biggest art revelation of the year.

—The New Zealand Listener—

Unexpectedly riveting.

—Bookforum—

From the Publisher

Unexpectedly riveting.

—Bookforum

Reviews

Unexpectedly riveting.

Bookforum

The biggest art revelation of the year.

The New Zealand Listener

Tart, brazen and funny... a cautionary tale, I Love Dick raises disturbing but compelling questions about female social behavior, power, control.

The Nation

Ever since I read I Love Dick, I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind.

Post Road

Devastatingly funny and sublime... a new classic.

The Seattle Stranger

A little masterpiece of late twenieth century literature.

East Hampton Star

The intelligence and honesty and total originality of Chris Kraus make her work not just great but indispensable—especially now, when everything is so confusing, so full of despair. I read everything Chris Kraus writes; she softens despair with her brightness, and with incredible humor, too.

Rachel Kushner

The most important book about men and women written in the last century.

The Guardian

But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's 'I Love Dick' offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus—also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author—reckoning with her unrequited love for 'Dick ____,' a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ('I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy—a claustrophobia inside your skin') and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act.

The New York Times

A clever, finely crafted crossover between life, love and cultural studies.

The Australian

Ever since I read I Love Dick, I have revered it as one of the most explosive, revealing, lacerating, and unusual memoirs ever committed to the page... I Love Dick is never a comfortable read, and it is by turns exasperating, horrifying, and lurid, but it is never less than genuine, and often completely illuminating about the life of the mind.

Post Road - Rick Moody

The most important book about men and women written in the last century.

The Guardian - Emily Gould

But my favorite example of the genre is from nearly 20 years ago, and it's by a woman. Chris Kraus's "I Love Dick" offers the story of a woman named Chris Kraus — also an experimental filmmaker, just like the author — reckoning with her unrequited love for "Dick ____," a cultural critic with whom she becomes obsessed. The narrative is an exploration of desire as something other than passivity or inadequacy ("I think desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy — a claustrophobia inside your skin") and relentless romantic pursuit not as self-degradation but a kind of generative, creative act.

The New York Times - Leslie Jamison

A clever, finely crafted crossover between life, love and cultural studies.

The Australian - Peter Beilharz

Unexpectedly riveting.

BookForum