Side Effects: A Footloose Journey to the Apocalypse (18) (World Prose) - Softcover

Katz, S. Montana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771835508 ISBN 13: 9781771835503

Publisher: Guernica World Editions, 2020

Synopsis

Side Effects: A footloose journey to the apocalypse is a novel about the post-World War II baby boom generation and the factors that have led to climate catastrophe. The novel provides a portrait of the boomers by following the lives of a zany, idealistic couple and their growing family through the '50s, '60s, '70s. Beginning on a honeymoon motorcycle trip the couple sets the goal of putting down roots in California, the land of wild beauty, abundance, and political activism. The music, art, science, and politics of the era are palpable throughout the book.

About this title

About the Author

Montana Katz is a psychoanalyst. She has written two other novels (Clytemnestra’s Last Day and Living Dolls and Other Women), a play (adapted from Clytemnestra’s Last Day by the same name), books on psychoanalysis (Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory: Stories, Dreams and Metaphor and Metaphor and Fields: Common Ground, Common Language, and the Future of Psychoanalysis), and two award-winning books on gender bias (The Gender Bias Prevention Book and, with co-author Veronica Vieland, Get Smart: What You Need To Know But Won’t Learn In Class About Sexual Harassment And Sex Discrimination). Her writing is situated at the confluence of fact, history, and the unconscious.

From the Back Cover

Side Effects: A Footloose Journey to the Apocalypse is a novel about the post-World War II baby boom generation and the factors that have led to the coming apocalypse. The novel provides a portrait of the boomers by following the lives of a zany, idealistic couple and their growing family through the ?50s, ?60s, ?70s and on to the present. Beginning in the Midwest on a honeymoon motorcycle trip the couple sets the goal of putting down roots in California, the land of wild beauty, abundance, and political activism. After a stint on the East Coast, they settle in the West. The music, art, science, and politics of the era are palpable throughout the book.

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When they arrived at the San Francisco Bay the vista unfolded before their eyes. They leapt in unison off their blue rusted out coated with dead bugs motorcycle and let it fall to the ground with a thud so taken with the scene neither noticed. Side by side they stood for a moment in silence looking out and dropped to their knees. It was a perfect clear blue-sky day with sunshine toasting their faces. They knew they had arrived at Mecca and knew they'd never ever leave.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guernica World Editions
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771835508
• ISBN 13: 9781771835503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290