Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles
A Novel
$40.49
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2014
Summary
A bold, arresting new work of fiction about the impossibility of love and the inevitability of grief from the acclaimed author of Plt;IPgt;Everything Matters!Plt;/IPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;A bold, arresting new work of fiction from the acclaimed author of Plt;iPgt;Everything Matters! Plt;/iPgt;and the forthcoming novelPlt;iPgt; The One-Eyed ManPlt;/iPgt; (March 2017)Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In this tour de force of imagination, Ron Currie asks why literal veracity means more to us than deeper truths, creating yet again a genre-bending novel that will at once dazzle, move, and provoke.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The protagonist of Ron Currie, Jr.P#8217;s new novel has a problemP#173;P#8212;or rather, several of them. HeP#8217;s a writer whose latest book was destroyed in a fire. HeP#8217;s mourning the death of his father, and has been in love with the same woman since grade school, a woman whose beauty and allure is matched only by her talent for eluding him. Worst of all, heP#8217;s not even his own man, but rather an amalgam of fact and fiction from Ron CurrieP#8217;s own life. When Currie the character exiles himself to a small Caribbean island to write a new book about the woman he loves, he eventually decides to fake his death, which turns out to be the best career move heP#8217;s ever made. But fame and fortune come with a price, and Currie learns that in a time of twenty-four-hour news cycles, reality TV, and celebrity Twitter feeds, the one thing the world will not forgive is having been told a deeply satisfying lie.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;What kind of distinction could, or should, be drawn between Currie the author and Currie the character?P#160; Or between the book you hold in your hands and the novel embedded in it? Whatever the answers, Currie, an inventive writer always eager to test the boundaries of storytelling in provocative ways, has essential things to impart along the way about heartbreak, reality, grief, deceit, human frailty, and blinding love.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143124429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143124420 |
| Author: | Ron Currie |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 135mm x 202mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Praise for FLIMSY LITTLE PLASTIC MIRACLES
“Currie’s most grounded work yet… [his] gorgeously questioning prose explores the deeper meaning things gain after they are gone.”
–The New Yorker
“Sharp and sarcastic, Currie’s dramatic story keeps you tethered in place…it’s a truly genuine love story wrapped in a series of comically improbable events.” —thedailybeast.com
“A powerful, brilliant, compelling novel about love, writing, fame, fiction and shame that is emotionally effective and intellectually engaging, coming as close to anything I’ve read, to meeting David Foster Wallace’s call for fiction that makes the head beat like the heart.” —bookslut.com
“So blisteringly funny that I laughed as I hadn’t laughed in years: we’re talking demonic, unstoppable, don’t sit next to that guy howls.” —The Washington Post
“Resounds with humor and insight into love, loss, and reality…An astonishing feat of innovation with surprises on nearly every page, Currie’s entrancing novel marks the work of a scathingly comic virtuoso.” —ALA Booklist
“A postmodern love story, self-consciously playful…things get both crazy and interesting…moving and hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A metafictional tangle of debauchery and technological anxiety…Told in a bouncy, pinball style, this darkly droll novel is never boring.” —Publishers Weekly
“Currie stays true to his gutsy, thoughtful, and unconventional self in this brilliant meditation on life, death, truth, and imperfection. Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles is flimsy like a brick sh*thouse. Ron Currie, Jr. is a fearless and inspired writer at the top of his game. Read him.” —Jonathan Evison, author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving and West of Here
“Both a brilliantly constructed inquiry into the nature of reality and a soulful ode to the free fall of obsessive love. These two spines interweave ever more tightly till they fuse into a dazzling question mark with no easy answers. This is a beautiful book.” —Kate Christensen, author of The Astral and The Great Man
Ron Currie
Plt;bPgt;Ron CurriePlt;/bPgt;P#160;is the author of the forthcomingP#160;Plt;iPgt;The One-Eyed ManPlt;/iPgt;P#160;and the novelsP#160;Plt;iPgt;Everything Matters!Plt;/iPgt;,P#160;Plt;iPgt;Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesP#160;Plt;/iPgt;and the short story collectionP#160;Plt;iPgt;God Is DeadPlt;/iPgt;, which was the winner of the New York Public LibraryP#8217;s Young Lions Award. Currie received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.
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