"Let's keep things simple, for we must do our best to keep things simple, otherwise we would be utterly lost" is one of the refrains found in the new translation of Perec's novella.

Chris Kraus’s nuanced approach is akin to a cultural anthropologist who considers creativity in its natural habitats, the spaces where art comes into being

The Slutty Teenage Hobo Vampire Junkies take shelter in Safeways, 7-11s, and gas station bathrooms of the Pacific Northwest. They roam a countryside populated by meth houses, railways, gravel pits, and decrepit strip malls... In a way, they’re just angry teenage misfits who act out, who wreak havoc for no reason.