{"product_id":"people-collide-a-novel-isbn-9780063283763","title":"People Collide: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the year’s most compelling reads.”—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e, a gender-bending, speculative body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies, but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace. What follows is Eli’s search across Europe and to America for his missing wife—and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience in this high-concept literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 unconventional marriage wither completely? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, \u003ci\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical novel and a 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A profound and moving meditation on love and commitment swapped into the body of a gripping literary thriller—I predict Isle McElroy’s \u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e will inaugurate an entire genre.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing . . . an impressive twist on the familiar trope of marital ennui.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McElroy is sharp on the collaborative failures endemic to love, and the kind of oneness that creates separation. In \u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e, that separation is explored through the body with wonder and frankness.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaven Leilani, author of Luster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Expertly interrogates gender roles and questions the ties that bind lovers together.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e] deftly explores partnership, identity, and sex.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e dives deeper into gender and sexuality with the same sharp wit [as their first novel.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] profound exploration of marriage, identity, and sex.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e's] naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandra Jacobs, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling, hilarious, and thought-provoking, this is a fascinating Freaky Friday-like thought-experiment that questions the performance and expectations of gender roles, the body-mind puzzle, how class can define a person’s perspective, and the definition of identity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beyond the gender binary and the public's assumptions based upon appearances, McElroy's insightful novel also examines class, privilege, the art world, and family relationships....\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e is sly, clever, funny, provocative, and compelling. It offers a world and a story to get lost in.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hilarious, riveting novel of a married American couple's body swap.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating ... an entertaining, thoughtful depiction of how we choose to exist, and its implications for how we love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A little Kafkaesque, a little Hitchcockian, a little \u003cem\u003eFreaky Friday\u003c\/em\u003e, but McElroy makes this dizzying story their own.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fresh take on a classic trope.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A creative, well-written exploration of marriage, gender, and desire.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide \u003c\/em\u003easks how the ambition, power, sweetness, and deep-feeling of our bodies gets policed by those who perceive us, and how we sometimes wind up hurting each other as a result. McElroy writes their characters with compassion for human pain and bumbling, but makes room for all our complexity and occasional grace too. This is the queer novel I didn’t know I so badly needed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCJ Hauser, author of The Crane Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e is spectacular. McElroy has given us a work of art that's original, stylish, and frequently masterly in the ways it explores the porous and mutable nature of bodies, selves, partnerships, and what we call love. Bravo.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e takes a sudden turn in its final pages, building toward an ending that’s genuinely moving and redemptive, though not in the way the reader has been expecting. The finale is so good, in fact, that it elevates the entire book, making it one of the year’s most compelling reads. Ultimately, McElroy discovers that gender-swap narratives may really be about tracing the wavy line between envy and desire.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie Jane Anders, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/em\u003e's \u003cem\u003eFreaky Friday\u003c\/em\u003e concept covers a deep exploration of marriage, love, and the ways we know one another—and don't—as well as how slippery a sense of self can be when so much of how we navigate the world depends on how it sees us.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlana Masad, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890699661541,"sku":"NP9780063283763","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063283763.jpg?v=1730233878","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/people-collide-a-novel-isbn-9780063283763","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}