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Roscoe
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ISBN10: 3912304742
ISBN13: 9783912304749
Publisher: B. C. Kraft
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9783912304749
Publisher: B. C. Kraft
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Roscoe lives on the streets of San Francisco, where he has become almost invisible-not because he is silent, but because the world has learned not to listen. He's one of those most of us choose not to see.Over the course of twelve hours, he guides us through his world with quiet honesty and unwavering clarity. As the city moves around him, ordinary encounters, passing conversations, and moments of unexpected humor reveal a life that is far richer and more complex than appearances suggest.
Shaped by knowledge as much as hardship, Roscoe is an unlikely philosopher-observant, articulate, and quietly provocative. Through his eyes, San Francisco becomes more than a backdrop; it becomes a place where compassion and indifference exist side by side, and where the smallest human connection can carry profound meaning.As he moves through the city, chance encounters, fragments of conversation, and quiet moments of reflection gradually reveal a life shaped by loss, resilience, and hard-earned wisdom. Told in a distinctive first-person voice, ROSCOE is a compelling literary novel that explores visibility, dignity, and the fragile boundaries between belonging and exclusion without sentimentality or easy answers.An intimate first-person journey that invites us to look again at those we so often overlook. It is a story of dignity, perception, and humanity-a reminder that every life, no matter how invisible it may seem, has a story worth hearing.
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