To rise again at a decent hour
a novel
by Joshua Ferris
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Paul O'Rourke, 40-year-old slightly curmudgeonly dentist, runs a thriving practice in New York. Yet he is discovering he needs more in his life than a steady income and the perfect mochaccino. But what? As Paul tries to work out the meaning of life, a Facebook page and Twitter account appear in his name. What's at first an outrageous violation of privacy soon becomes something more frightening: the possibility that the online 'Paul' might be a better version of the man in the flesh. Who is doing this and will it cost Paul his sanity?
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Social media, Dentists, Identity (Psychology), Online identity theft, Amerikanisches Englisch, Self-doubt, Fiction, Fiction, psychological, New York Times reviewed, Psychological fiction, Fiction, humorous, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Religie, Romans en novellen ; vertaaldShowing 6 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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To rise again at a decent hour: a novel
2015
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Weer opstaan op een christelijk tijdstip: roman
2015, Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers
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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
2014, Little, Brown and Company
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris explores the absurdities of modern life and one man's search for meaning.
Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God.
Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online "Paul" might be a better version of the real thing. As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual.
At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.
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