{"product_id":"find-him-paperback","title":"Find Him! - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Kraf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eViolet Kupersmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uncanny novel which provides keen insight on patriarchal violence and female identity by the author of feminist cult classic \u003ci\u003eThe Princess of 72nd Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Violet Kupersmith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstand my beginning with Oliver. You will see that my love for him is not a romantic fantasy. Every bit of this love was formed from the reality of primary needs--ingestion, excretion, simple pleasure and pain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur narrator's name and origins are unknown, but she claims to be from \"another star.\" Though she arrived as a fully grown woman, she did not yet have the ability to speak or look after herself. She lives with Oliver, who serves as both her caregiver and her captor and keeps the two of them in isolation from the rest of the world. Though she has no freedom, she insists that he did his best to protect her, to develop her into something more than she was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow she blends into our society, though she is still different at heart. The problem is, she can't find Oliver. She goes back to their beginning to examine her relationship with him, a strange mix of father, lover, abuser, teacher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then there is the question of Edith, a mysterious woman whose absence seems to haunt them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1977 and seemingly woven from the fragments of nightmares and fantasies, \u003ci\u003eFind Him! \u003c\/i\u003eis a paragon of Elaine Kraf's iconoclastic style, challenging and captivating in equal measure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers Series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Kraf \u003c\/b\u003e(1936-2013) was a writer and painter. She was the author of four published works of fiction--\u003ci\u003eI Am Clarence \u003c\/i\u003e(1969), \u003ci\u003eThe House of Madelaine \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003eFind Him! \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), and \u003ci\u003eThe Princess of 72nd Street \u003c\/i\u003e(1979)--as well as several unpublished novels, plays, and poetry collections. Kraf was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards, a 1971 fellowship at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a 1977 residency at Yaddo. She was born and lived in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43496625340551,"sku":"9780593731918","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/DEBmYAZ2u79780593731918.webp?v=1763632364","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/find-him-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}