Aliens and Anorexia
"The novel weaves together the lives of earnest visionaries and failed artists. Its characters include Simone Weil, the first radical philosopher of sadness; the artist Paul Thek; Kraus herself; and "Africa," Kraus's virtual S&M partner, who is shooting a big-budget Hollywood film in Nairobi while Kraus holes up in teh Northwest Woods to chronicle the failure of Gravity & grace, her own low-budget independent film"--Back cover.