Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker [Paperback]

Description: Originally published in 1988, Empire of the Senseless marked a turning point in Acker's wild, inimitable style. Considered one of her more accessible works, here Acker candidly addresses her lifelong obsessions: childhood and trauma, language and sexuality, criminality and corruption, oppression and rebellion. Abhor (part human, part robot) and her lover Thivai (a pirate) traverse Paris in a dystopian future, in search of a mysterious drug that Thivai needs in order to maintain his ability to love. Navigating the chaotic city, they encounter mad doctors, prisoners, bikers, sailors, tattooists, terrorists, and prostitutes, while a band of Algerian revolutionaries take over, and the C. I. A. plots to thwart them all. Sexually explicit, graphically violent, Empire of the Senseless resists the desensitizing of cultural consciousness and the disintegration of interpersonal communication. A timeless, prescient parable, it speaks profoundly to our social and political history as well as our present reality.

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EAN: 9780802128355

UPC: 9780802128355

ISBN: 9780802128355

MPN: N/A

Edition: 30

Book Title: Empire of the Senseless

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

Topic: General, Literary, Women's Studies, Lgbt / General

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2018

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Social Science, Fiction

Item Weight: 8.8 Oz

Author: Kathy Acker

Item Length: 8.2 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback