People Collide A Novel
People Collide A Novel by Isle McElroy, published by HarperCollins Publishers on September 17, 2024, is a 256-page exploration of marriage, identity, and sex. This gender-bending, body-switching narrative follows Eli, who, after leaving his wife Elizabeth, finds himself inhabiting her body. As he navigates this unexpected transformation, the story delves into profound questions about partnership and the complexities of existence.
Readers will find a rich examination of ambition, sacrifice, desire, and loss as Eli embarks on a search for Elizabeth, who has mysteriously vanished. The novel offers a humorous and satirical take on family life and relationships, while also engaging with themes of LGBTQ+ identity and multicultural experiences. Through Eli’s journey, the narrative challenges conventional notions of love and sexuality, prompting reflections on the nature of true connection and the impact of identity on relationships.
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“One of the year’s most compelling reads.”–Washington Post
“Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small package.”–New York Times
From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians, a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership.
When 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.
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 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 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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