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The Unnamed: A Novel

The Unnamed: A Novel

by JoshuaFerris (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $4.19

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    Hardcover 2010

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Synopsis

Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, ageing with the grace of a matinee idol. He loves his work. He loves his family. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out on all of it. He cannot stop walking. And, as his body propels him relentlessly forward, deep into the unfamiliar outer reaches of the city, he begins to realise he is moving further and further from his old self, seemingly unable to turn back and retrieve what he has lost. In his extraordinary novel Joshua Ferris delineates with great tenderness and a rare and inimitable wit the devastating story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is torn away without explanation or warning. The Unnamed is no less than a shimmering reflection of our times, of the lives we aspire to and the terrifying realisation of what is beyond our control.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Viking
Published: 25 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0670917702
ISBN 13: 9780670917709

Media Reviews
An important and individual work, a stage in the development of a significant talent Daily Telegraph He has teased ordinary circumstances into something extraordinary, which is exactly what we want our fiction writers to do Economist What an imagination - and what a memorable conceit ... This engaging and original novel confirms Ferris as a writer who, like his hero, is being taken - half voluntarily - on an unpredictable journey Literary Review Ferris writes hauntingly on the fragility of our minds and on the compulsions that drive us, despite our best intentions Vogue As a metaphor for any sort of addiction - particularly its impact on those around you - this is remarkable GQ
Author Bio
Joshua Ferris was born in Illinois in 1974. His first novel, Then We Came to the End, was published to widespread acclaim in 2007 and was nominated for the National Book Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. He lives in New York.