{"product_id":"the-superrationals-paperback","title":"The Superrationals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Lacava\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn erotic and darkly comic novel about female friendship, set at the intersection between counterculture and the multimillion dollar art industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a few days in the fall of 2015, the sophisticated and awkward, wry and beautiful Mathilde upends her tidy world. She takes a short leave from her job at one of New York's leading auction houses and follows her best friend Gretchen on an impromptu trip to Paris. While there, she confronts her late mother's hidden life, attempts to rein in Gretchen's encounters with an aloof and withholding sometime-boyfriend, and faces the traumatic loss of both her parents when she was a teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling between New York, Paris, Munich London, and Berlin, \u003ci\u003eThe Superrationals\u003c\/i\u003e is an erotic and darkly comic story about female friendship, set at the intersection between counterculture and the multimillion dollar art industry. Mathilde takes short, perceptive notes on artworks as a way to organize her own chaotic thoughts and life. Featuring a bitchy gossip chorus within a larger carousel of voices, \u003ci\u003eThe Superrationals\u003c\/i\u003e coolly surveys the international art and media worlds while exploring game theory, the uncanny, and psychoanalysis. Written in the \"Young Girl\" tradition of Michelle Bernstein's \u003ci\u003eAll The King's Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, Bernadette Corporation's \u003ci\u003eReena Spaulings\u003c\/i\u003e and Natasha Stagg's \u003ci\u003eSurveys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Superrationals\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the complexity of building narrative in life and on the page and the instability that lies at the heart of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie LaCava is a writer based in New York City. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexte zur Kunst\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699961204799,"sku":"9781635901320","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2f9932113c705c6df4a4c3e923fa6eb4.webp?v=1765015072","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-superrationals-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}