Love and Fatigue in America (Hardback)

"Roger King's disturbing, delightful odyssey encompasses many subjects--love, loss, health, illness, disconnection, and most of all the modern American psyche: its roots and its rootlessness. A profound and wonderfully original book."--Joan Wickersham, author of "The Suicide Index"

"Few writers dare to try the scope of Roger King, from the intensely personal to the universal, and even fewer succeed. But King does. "Love and Fatigue in America" manages to offer three rewarding narratives at once in a book that is equally novel and memoir. He has done something astonishing."--Helen Benedict, author of "Sand Queen"

"What does it mean to live in between? Not only between geographical locations, but between health and illness, commitment and freedom, love and loss? In this wry and subtle autobiographical novel, Roger King maps the territory of his inner life onto the American continent. The genre-crossing result is, like the work of W.G. Sebald, surprising and dazzling."--Andrea Barrett, author of "The Air We Breathe" and winner of the National Book Award

""Love and Fatigue in America" is a beautifully written, brave, and at times almost brutally honest story of the author's struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome. The writing is both spare and poetically evocative. It is a polished and moving work of literature."--Jennifer Moses, author of "Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou"

"[An] extraordinary autobiographical novel. . . . The narrative expertly cobbles together unexpected moments of poetry; meditations on illness, war, and ambition; and vignettes, which--like the narrator himself--alternately admit devastating failures and sing with triumph."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

"[An] extraordinary autobiographical novel ....The narrative expertly cobbles together unexpected moments of poetry; meditations on illness, war, and ambition; and vignettes, which--like the narrator himself--alternately admit devastating failures and sing with triumph."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

"This is a terrific book. It defies categorization. It reminds me, in its fierce but mysterious organization, of the best works that reach far and wide in subject matter, and far and wide in mode. I think of Sebald's moody books here, and Didion's "White Album.""--Brian D. Bouldrey, author of "Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica "

Roger King s disturbing, delightful odyssey encompasses many subjects love, loss, health, illness, disconnection, and most of all the modern American psyche: its roots and its rootlessness. A profound and wonderfully original book. Joan Wickersham, author of "The Suicide Index""

Few writers dare to try the scope of Roger King, from the intensely personal to the universal, and even fewer succeed. But King does. "Love and Fatigue in America" manages to offer three rewarding narratives at once in a book that is equally novel and memoir. He has done something astonishing. Helen Benedict, author of "Sand Queen""

What does it mean to live in between? Not only between geographical locations, but between health and illness, commitment and freedom, love and loss? In this wry and subtle autobiographical novel, Roger King maps the territory of his inner life onto the American continent. The genre-crossing result is, like the work of W.G. Sebald, surprising and dazzling. Andrea Barrett, author of "The Air We Breathe" and winner of the National Book Award"

This is a terrific book. It defies categorization. It reminds me, in its fierce but mysterious organization, of the best works that reach far and wide in subject matter, and far and wide in mode. I think of Sebald s moody books here, and Didion s "White Album." Brian D. Bouldrey, author of "Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica ""

"Love and Fatigue in America" is a beautifully written, brave, and at times almost brutally honest story of the author s struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome. The writing is both spare and poetically evocative. It is a polished and moving work of literature. Jennifer Moses, author of "Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou""

[An] extraordinary autobiographical novel. . . . The narrative expertly cobbles together unexpected moments of poetry; meditations on illness, war, and ambition; and vignettes, which like the narrator himself alternately admit devastating failures and sing with triumph. "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)"