The Unknowns: A Novel
Autor Gabriel Rothen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mai 2014
Eric
Muller
has
been
trying
to
hack
the
girlfriend
problem
for
half
his
life.
As
a
teenage
geek,
he
discovered
his
gift
for
programming
computers-but
his
attempts
to
understand
women
only
confirm
that
he's
better
at
writing
code
than
connecting
with
human
beings.
Brilliant,
neurotic,
and
lonely,
Eric
spends
high
school
in
the
solitary
glow
of
a
screen.
By his early twenties, Eric's talent has made him a Silicon Valley millionaire. He can coax girls into bed with ironic remarks and carefully timed intimacies, but hiding behind wit and empathy gets lonely, and he fears that love will always be out of reach.
So when Eric falls for the beautiful, fiercely opinionated Maya Marcom, and she miraculously falls for him too, he's in new territory. But the more he learns about his perfect girlfriend's unresolved past, the further Eric's obsessive mind spirals into confusion and doubt. Can he reconcile his need for order and logic with the mystery and chaos of love?
This brilliant debut ushers Eric Muller-flawed, funny, irresistibly endearing-into the pantheon of unlikely heroes. With an unblinking eye for the absurdities and horrors of contemporary life, Gabriel Roth gives us a hilarious and heartbreaking meditation on self consciousness, memory, and love.
By his early twenties, Eric's talent has made him a Silicon Valley millionaire. He can coax girls into bed with ironic remarks and carefully timed intimacies, but hiding behind wit and empathy gets lonely, and he fears that love will always be out of reach.
So when Eric falls for the beautiful, fiercely opinionated Maya Marcom, and she miraculously falls for him too, he's in new territory. But the more he learns about his perfect girlfriend's unresolved past, the further Eric's obsessive mind spirals into confusion and doubt. Can he reconcile his need for order and logic with the mystery and chaos of love?
This brilliant debut ushers Eric Muller-flawed, funny, irresistibly endearing-into the pantheon of unlikely heroes. With an unblinking eye for the absurdities and horrors of contemporary life, Gabriel Roth gives us a hilarious and heartbreaking meditation on self consciousness, memory, and love.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316223300
ISBN-10: 0316223301
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316223301
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Gabriel
Rothwas
a
reporter
and
editor
at
theSan
Francisco
Bay
Guardianand
now
works
as
a
writer
and
software
developer.
He
lives
with
his
family
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
Recenzii
"If
only
all
social
misfits
were
as
stealthily
charming
as
Eric
Muller,
the
nerdy
narrator
of
Gabriel
Roth's
sparkling
debut
novel.
Mr.
Roth's
remarkably
funny,
tender
book
is
much
more
than
one
code-writing
kid's
success
story.
As
its
title
indicates,
"The
Unknowns"
is
about
how
Eric
grows
up
trying
to
fathom
those
things
he
doesn't
naturally
understand.
Mr.
Roth
writes
in
a
gently
self-mocking,
utterly
disarming
style
that
gives
"The
Unknowns"
an
unusual
type
of
tension."—Janet
Maslin,New
York
Times
"Smart, funny and emotionally layered, Roth's debut explores the eternal struggle between intimacy and autonomy."—People Magazine
"[Eric's] analytic mind, so useful in the world of computers, hinders his human interactions in the real world, especially with the fairer sex.... He perceives dating with an omniscience reminiscent of Neo from The Matrix.... the book crackles with commentary, one part post-structuralism and one part observational comedy, on how we interact in 2013."—Daily Beast
"Smart, funny and emotionally layered, Roth's debut explores the eternal struggle between intimacy and autonomy."—People Magazine
"[Eric's] analytic mind, so useful in the world of computers, hinders his human interactions in the real world, especially with the fairer sex.... He perceives dating with an omniscience reminiscent of Neo from The Matrix.... the book crackles with commentary, one part post-structuralism and one part observational comedy, on how we interact in 2013."—Daily Beast