Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
of Sam Savage, Michael Mikolowski (Illustrator)
Description
Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterleyâs Lover, and Jane Eyre (which tastes a lot like lettuce). While his twelve siblings gnaw these books obliviously, for Firmin the words, thoughts, deeds, and hopesâall the literature he consumesâsoon consume him. Emboldened by reading, intoxicated by curiosity, foraging for food, Firmin ventures out of his bookstore sanctuary, carrying with him all the yearnings and failings of humanity itself. Itâs a lot to ask of a ratâespecially when his home is on the verge of annihilation.A novel that is by turns hilarious, tragic, and hopeful, Firmin is a masterpiece of literary imagination. For here, a tender soul, a vagabond and philosopher, struggles with mortality and meaningâin a tale for anyone who has ever feasted on a bookâŠand then had to turn the final page. First published by Coffee House Press in 2006. Republished by Delta, a division of Random House, in 2009.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 162 pages
- Publisher Coffee House Press
- Publication Date April 1st 2006
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781566891813
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Boston, Massachusetts (United States)']
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