karlmarx.com: A Love Story

by Coll, Susan

Description

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001 254 pp., bib. notes; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Remainder mark/top edge. Fine DJ. "Ella Kennedy may not be perfect, but she's smart, she's dedicated, and she's finally managed to find a fascinating thesis subject in the morass of Marxist political theory: Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl and a bright light in the Marxist movement, who famously declined after a disastrous love affair. With tenacity, with vigor, Ella Kennedy, Ph.D. student extraordinaire, begins delving into the world of Eleanor just as she takes a job setting up a Marxist mail-order catalogue at the fledgling Institute of Thought in Washington, D.C. -- a veritable three-ring circus. When Ella's own life begins to parallel Eleanor's -- right down to the domineering father (Ella's is known as the king of discount merchandising) and the distant yet brilliant lover -- the theoretical, the political, and the personal collide in a hilarious romp of a novel. Wacky, heartwarming, and deliciously smart, this novel of heartbreak and hilarity on the doctoral circuit is the intersection of Laura Zigman, Nora Ephron, and Richard Russo. / Susan Coll has contributed to the International Herald Tribune and The Asian Wall Street Journal. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland." - Publisher.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book summary

Hired to create a Karl Marx website, Ella Kennedy, who is pushing 30 and panicking, becomes fascinated instead by Marx's daughter Eleanor. When she meets Nigel and falls in love, she finds that her own life is becoming disturbing like that of Eleanor Marx, complete with mental instability and difficult relationships.