Joshua Ferris
Autor/a de Then We Came to the End
Sobre l'autor
Joshua Ferris, is bestselling author best known for his debut 2007 novel, Then We Came to the End. The book is a comedy about the American workplace, told in the first-person plural. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in English and Philosophy 1996. He then moved to Chicago and mostra'n més worked in advertising for several years before obtaining an MFA in writing from UC Irvine. His first published story, Mrs. Blue, appeared in the Iowa Review in 1999. Then We Came to the End has been greeted by positive reviews from The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Esquire, and Slate, has been published in twenty-five languages, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and received the 2007 PEN/Hemingway Award. Joshua's other books include The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, which is New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Joshua Ferris
Obres associades
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (2009) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Living Tomorrow — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Speaking of Work: A Story of Love, Suspense and Paperclips — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1974-11-08
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Danville, Illinois, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Key West, Florida, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Danville, Illinois, USA (birthplace)
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Educació
- University of Iowa (BA|English/Philosophy)
University of California, Irvine (MFA) - Professions
- author
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Overdue Podcast (1)
First Novels (1)
Indie Next Picks (1)
Unread books (1)
2000s decade (1)
stories at work (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- També de
- 14
- Membres
- 7,187
- Popularitat
- #3,411
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 404
- ISBN
- 135
- Llengües
- 15
- Preferit
- 5
Paul O'Rourke is a successful dentist but a struggling human. Ferris seems to pull off the trick of making him both narcissistic and self-deprecating, with often funny results. His life has been dominated by a search for some larger meaning to subsume himself into. As a committed atheist, God and religion are right out, but women and baseball are definitely in. He describes a few failed relationships in which he always felt he lost his own personality in the desperately needy merging of two into one, a process he names as being "cunt-gripped". It never worked out, of course, leaving him with his growing archive of Red Sox games to keep him company instead.
In comes the bizarre: someone creates an online persona in his name - a web site, a twitter account, Facebook page. The other "Paul O'Rourke" claims to be a member of an ancient remnant of the Amalekite people of the Bible called Ulms, who have paradoxically been commanded by God to doubt His existence. Paul and "Paul" communicate via email, first in confrontation, but Paul becomes more interested in this alleged group that claims him as a member.
Plot does not appear to be Ferris's strongest suit, but he's created an amusing character and placed him in an absurdist storyline. The problems include lack of plot focus, a character I didn't feel particularly invested in despite his amusements, and no real notable payoff to the story in the final stretch. It's an okay book, but not one that should really stick out in the memory.
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