IDIOPATHY

A debut novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle

Idiopathy (?d?'?p??i): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.

Idiopathy is a novel that is as unexpected as its title, in which Katherine, Daniel, and Nathan—three characters you won't forget in a hurry—unsuccessfully try to figure out how they feel about one another and how they might best live their lives in a world gone mad. Featuring a mysterious cattle epidemic, a humiliating stint in rehab, an unwanted pregnancy, a mom–turned–media personality ("Mother Courage"), and a workplace with a bio-dome housing a perfectly engineered cornfield, it is at once a scathing satire and a moving meditation on love and loneliness. With unusual verbal finesse and great humor, Sam Byers neatly skewers the tangled relationships and unhinged narcissism of a self-obsessed generation in a remarkable, uproarious first novel.

Un roman de debut al iubirii, narcisismului si vitelor bolnave Idiopatie (? D? '? P ?? i): o boala sau afectiune care apare spontan sau pentru care cauza nu este cunoscuta. Idiotismul este un roman la fel de neasteptat ca si titlul sau, in care Katherine, Daniel si Nathan - trei personaje pe care nu le vei uita in graba - incearca fara succes sa-si dea seama cum se simt unul fata de celalalt si cum ar putea trai cel mai bine viata lor intr-o lume innebunita.