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People Collide: A Novel by Isle McElroy
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People Collide: A Novel (edition 2023)

by Isle McElroy (Author)

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From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians-"a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation" (Mat Johnson)-a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership. When Eli wakes up alone in the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that, somehow, he's in her body. His male body has vanished, and the personality that once resided in Elizabeth's is gone without a trace. What follows is a search across Europe to America for his missing wife-and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience. As Eli comes closer to finding Elizabeth-while learning to exist in her body-he begins to wonder what effect this metamorphosis will have on their relationship and how long he can maintain the illusion of living as someone he isn't. Will their new marriage wither completely in each other's bodies? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive? A rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, People Collide is a tender portrait of shared lives that shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we are.… (more)
Member:Lin-Z
Title:People Collide: A Novel
Authors:Isle McElroy (Author)
Info:HarperVia (2023), 256 pages
Collections:eBook, Kobo Books
Rating:***1/2
Tags:fiction, speculative fiction, relationships, LGBTQ

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Very interesting read. A different take on body swap.
Really digs into relationships and how it would affect both people if this happened, decisions they might make, how they'd deal with it. I recommend it! ( )
  Mantra | Dec 15, 2023 |
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From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians-"a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation" (Mat Johnson)-a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership. When Eli wakes up alone in the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that, somehow, he's in her body. His male body has vanished, and the personality that once resided in Elizabeth's is gone without a trace. What follows is a search across Europe to America for his missing wife-and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience. As Eli comes closer to finding Elizabeth-while learning to exist in her body-he begins to wonder what effect this metamorphosis will have on their relationship and how long he can maintain the illusion of living as someone he isn't. Will their new marriage wither completely in each other's bodies? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive? A rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, People Collide is a tender portrait of shared lives that shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we are.

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