Fatboy Fall Down
Rabindranath Maharaj
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Ebook in EPUB format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Ebook in EPUB format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
ECW Press
ECW Press
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2019
2019
ISBN-13:
9781773053110
Description:
<p><b>Winner of the 2019 Foreword Indies Silver Medal for Literary Fiction</b></p>
<p><b>“Heavy yet rewarding, Maharaj's novel is a reminder that resilience takes many forms — and that most exceed our naming.” — <i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></p>
<p><b>A heartrending novel about one man’s search for meaning in a difficult life</b></p>
<p>A child ridiculed for his weight, a son overshadowed by a favored brother, a husband who falls short of his wife’s ambitions, an old man with a broken heart… As Orbits’s life passes, he doggedly pursues a simple dream — a little place in the country where a family might thrive — while wondering if he can ever shake free of the tragedies that seem to define him. </p>
<p><i>Fatboy Fall Down</i> is the lush and heartbreaking musings of a man trying to understand his place in the world. Though shot through with sadness, <i>Fatboy Fall Down</i> is also full of surprising moments of wry humor, and Rabindranath Maharaj's deft touch underscores the resilience of the human spirit.</p>
<p><b>“Heavy yet rewarding, Maharaj's novel is a reminder that resilience takes many forms — and that most exceed our naming.” — <i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></p>
<p><b>A heartrending novel about one man’s search for meaning in a difficult life</b></p>
<p>A child ridiculed for his weight, a son overshadowed by a favored brother, a husband who falls short of his wife’s ambitions, an old man with a broken heart… As Orbits’s life passes, he doggedly pursues a simple dream — a little place in the country where a family might thrive — while wondering if he can ever shake free of the tragedies that seem to define him. </p>
<p><i>Fatboy Fall Down</i> is the lush and heartbreaking musings of a man trying to understand his place in the world. Though shot through with sadness, <i>Fatboy Fall Down</i> is also full of surprising moments of wry humor, and Rabindranath Maharaj's deft touch underscores the resilience of the human spirit.</p>