A novel about a woman writing a novel about a woman who writes—Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love is a sexy, earthy, bracingly intelligent examination of the vicissitudes of grief, ambition, aging, information overload, compassion fatigue, and a data-centric understanding of self; the relative merits of giving up or giving in; the seductive myth of progress; and the condition of being a thinking and feeling inhabitant of an unthinkable, numbing world.
Pages
200
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Release
August 14, 2018
Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love
A novel about a woman writing a novel about a woman who writes—Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love is a sexy, earthy, bracingly intelligent examination of the vicissitudes of grief, ambition, aging, information overload, compassion fatigue, and a data-centric understanding of self; the relative merits of giving up or giving in; the seductive myth of progress; and the condition of being a thinking and feeling inhabitant of an unthinkable, numbing world.