Torpor

It's Summer, 1991, the dawning of the New World Order; a post-MTV, pre-AOL generation. Jerome Shafir and Sylvie Green, two former New Yorkers who can no longer afford an East Village apartment, set off on a journey across the entire former Soviet Bloc with the intention of adopting a Romanian orphan.

Unflinchingly dark, hilarious and moving - Torpor is at once a satire and philosophy of cultural history, social identity and failing relationships. Dipping into the trajectory of a life at different moments, Kraus interrogates convention and emotion, creating characters that are flawed, witty, and altogether true to life.

Part prequel, part sequel, Torpor continues a project of life-writing; personal, unsparing, and triumphant. If I Love Dick is the book of your 20s, Torpor is the book of your 30s.

Este vara, 1991, zorii Noii Ordini Mondiale; o generatie post-MTV, pre-AOL. Jerome Shafir si Sylvie Green, doi fosti newyorkezi care nu-si mai pot permite un apartament din East Village, au pornit intr-o calatorie prin intregul fost bloc sovietic cu intentia de a adopta un orfan roman. Neclintit de intunecat, hilar si emotionant - Torpor este la odata satira si filozofie a istoriei culturale, a identitatii sociale si a relatiilor esuate.