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Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes
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ISBN10: 0307474240
ISBN13: 9780307474247
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Nov 1 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.24 Depth: 7.95
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780307474247
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Nov 1 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.24 Depth: 7.95
Language: English
From the award-winning author of The Director and Measuring the World, a wickedly funny novel about the cascading consequences of a case of mistaken identity A darkly comic masterpiece . . . rare and thrilling. --San Francisco Chronicle
Kafka for the Facebook-famous generation. --Time Out New York The borders between fame and facelessness, truth and deception, duplicates and originals are tested in a series of increasingly absurd episodes that underscore the interplay of fact and fiction in the illusion of identity. No one is more surprised than Ebling when his new cell phone begins receiving calls meant for popular actor Ralf Tanner. At first he tries to set the callers right, but soon he is enjoying the drama and power that celebrity brings. Little does he know that his actions will cause a ripple effect that will leave very few lives untouched, from the movie star himself to those lingering at the edges of the limelight. And as paths cross and plots thicken, the boundaries of fiction and reality start to crumble.
Kafka for the Facebook-famous generation. --Time Out New York The borders between fame and facelessness, truth and deception, duplicates and originals are tested in a series of increasingly absurd episodes that underscore the interplay of fact and fiction in the illusion of identity. No one is more surprised than Ebling when his new cell phone begins receiving calls meant for popular actor Ralf Tanner. At first he tries to set the callers right, but soon he is enjoying the drama and power that celebrity brings. Little does he know that his actions will cause a ripple effect that will leave very few lives untouched, from the movie star himself to those lingering at the edges of the limelight. And as paths cross and plots thicken, the boundaries of fiction and reality start to crumble.
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