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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ferris, Joshua (1974-....)
Titre(s) : To rise again at a decent hour [Texte imprimé] : a novel / Joshua Ferris
Publication : London : Viking, 2014
Description matérielle : 336 pages ; 24 cm
Note(s) : 'There's nothing like a dental chair to remind a man that he's alone in the world,
subject to pain, blood, decay, and a slow attenuation back down to the elements.'
Paul O'Rourke - dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker, avowed atheist, disaffected
Red Sox fan, and a connoisseur of the afternoon mochaccino - is a man out of touch
with modern life. While his thriving dental practice occupies his days, his insomniac
nights are filled with speculation and regret, as he ponders his mistakes with his
ex-girlfriend (and receptionist) Connie, questions all the rituals that give his life
meaning, and alternately marvels at and rails against the optimism and ignorance of
the rest of humanity. So it goes, until someone begins to impersonate Paul online.
Deeply committed to an analog life, Paul watches in impotent horror as a website,
a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name to promote a little-known
ancient religion. And yet what began as an outrageous violation of privacy soon becomes
something far more soul-frightening: the possibility that the virtual 'Paul' might
be a better version of the man in the flesh. Suddenly, everything Paul believes, or
doesn't, seems to be at stake ... Joshua Ferris's dazzlingly inventive, brutally comic
new novel cuts to the very heart of modern existence: the meaning of life, the certainty
of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780241003831 (paperback). - ISBN 0241003830 (paperback). - ISBN 9780670917730
(hardback). - ISBN 0670917737 (hardback). - ISBN 9780141955919 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43875880m
Notice n° :
FRBNF43875880
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