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I Love Dick

Chris Kraus
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I Love Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

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Chris Kraus

I Love Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006
Book Details
Pages

280

Format

Novel • Fiction

Setting

California • 1990s

Publication Year

2006

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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Super Short Summary

I Love Dick by Chris Kraus is an epistolary novel exploring themes of obsession, desire, and self-discovery. The narrative follows a filmmaker's infatuation with an acquaintance named Dick, as she navigates her complex emotions through letters and diary entries, blending autobiography and fictional elements to examine identity and relationships.

Contemplative

Emotional

Mysterious

Bittersweet

Humorous

Reviews & Readership

3.6

19,978 ratings

54%

Loved it

25%

Mixed feelings

21%

Not a fan

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Review Roundup

Chris Kraus's I Love Dick is both praised for its raw and innovative narrative that blends memoir with fiction and critiqued for its unorthodox structure that can be challenging. The novel is celebrated for its exploration of female desire and identity but may polarize readers with its introspective and experimental style.

Who should read this

Who Should Read I Love Dick?

A reader who would enjoy I Love Dick by Chris Kraus is likely interested in experimental fiction that blends memoir, feminist critique, and theory. Fans of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh or How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti will appreciate its raw honesty and exploration of identity and desire.

3.6

19,978 ratings

54%

Loved it

25%

Mixed feelings

21%

Not a fan

Book Details
Pages

280

Format

Novel • Fiction

Setting

California • 1990s

Publication Year

2006

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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