Jack is a penniless artist creating art that few can appreciate. Elizabeth is a runaway from a fabulously wealthy family that she loathes. Their windows are separated only by a narrow alley. For weeks and months, they watch each other, admiring from afar and believing that the person in the window across the way would never be interested in the one watching them. Both decided to start with a clean slate in Chicago and are now trying to fit into a world that feels alien to them. Both are infinitely lonely and dream of meeting a soulmate, never suspecting that their soulmate lives in the building next door.
Twenty years later, Jack and Elizabeth are a respectable couple going through a midlife crisis. But they remain the same restless, lonely dreamers they were in their youth, still fighting the demons they once wanted to escape. Trying to figure themselves out, each begins to dig deep into their own soul, risking the loss of the best thing they have—each other.
A poignant and witty novel about marriage and the bonds that hold people together. Deconstructing the absurdities of modern society, "Wellness" ironically and touchingly reimagines a classic love story. How and what do people say about themselves, their feelings, and their relationships? It is at once very funny and almost heartbreaking, and definitely truly intelligent and profound.
Author: Nathan Hill
Translation: Anna Gaidenko
Pages: 656 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x145x40 mm
