The librarianist: a novel
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself.
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he’s known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet’s straight-man façade is the story of an unhappy child’s runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian’s vocation, and of the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses. Bob’s experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre and outsize players to welcome onto the stage of his life.
With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, Patrick deWitt has written a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert’s condition. The Librarianist celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity.
Books and reading
Books and reading -- Fiction
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Introverts
Introverts -- Fiction
Large print books
Librarians
Librarians -- Fiction
Literature
Memory
Memory -- Fiction
Portland (Or.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Reminiscing
Reminiscing -- Fiction
Retirees
Retirees -- Fiction
Self-acceptance
Self-acceptance -- Fiction
Senior centers
Senior centers -- Fiction
Volunteers
Volunteers -- Fiction
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9780063085145
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Grouping Title | librarianist |
Grouping Author | patrick dewitt |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-09-27 15:03:47PM |
Last Indexed | 2023-09-27 15:05:15PM |
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Cable Adult Fiction
Drummond Adult Fiction
Eagle River Adult Fiction
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Hayward Adult And Young Adult Fiction
Lac Courte Oreilles Adult Fiction
Land O Lakes Adult Fiction
Land O Lakes Large Print Fiction
Manitowish Waters Adult Fiction
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Superior Adult Fiction
Washburn Adult Fiction
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Year
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Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
HarperAudio
HarperCollins
Books and reading -- Fiction
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Introverts -- Fiction
Large print books
Librarians -- Fiction
Memory -- Fiction
Portland (Or.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Reminiscing -- Fiction
Retirees -- Fiction
Self-acceptance -- Fiction
Senior centers -- Fiction
Volunteers -- Fiction
The librarianist : a novel / Patrick deWitt
The librarianist: a novel / Patrick deWitt
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Fiction
Friendship
Humor (Fiction)
Interpersonal relations
Introverts
Librarians
Literature
Memory
Reminiscing
Retirees
Self-acceptance
Senior centers
Volunteers
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