Forgotten work : a novel / Jason Guriel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guriel, Jason, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music fans--Fiction.

Music fans.

Middle-aged men--Fiction.

Middle-aged men.

Future, The.

Future, The--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels in verse.

Physical Description:

217 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2020]

Summary:

"A love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, and a time-tripping work of speculative fiction--in verse. In the year 2063, on the edge of the Crater formerly known as Montréal, a middle-aged man and his ex's daughter search for a cult hero: the leader of a short-lived band named after a forgotten work of poetry and known to fans through a forgotten work of music criticism. In this exuberantly plotted verse novel, Guriel follows an obsessive cult-following through the twenty-first century. Some things change (there's metamorphic smart print for music mags; the Web is called the "Zuck"). Some things don't (poetry readings are still, mostly, terrible). But the characters, including a robot butler who stands with Ishiguro's Stevens as one of the great literary domestics, are unforgettable. Splicing William Gibson with Roberto Bolaño, Pale Fire with Thomas Pynchon, Forgotten Work is a time-tripping work of speculative fiction. It's a love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, a satire on the human need to value the possible over the actual--and a verse novel of Nabokovian virtuosity."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Guriel, Jason, 1978- Forgotten work.

ISBN:

9781771963824

1771963824

OCLC:

1140354503

Publisher Number:

99985420270