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Firmin A Tale of Exile, Unrequited Love, and the Redemptive Power of Literature by Savage, Sam, 1940- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterley's 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 hopes—all the literature he consumes—soon 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. It's a lot to ask of a rat—especially 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 meaning—in a tale for anyone who has ever feasted on a book...and then had to turn the final page.NOTE: This edition does not include illustrations.

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Author

Savage, Sam, 1940-

Publisher

New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566891813

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor