Joshua Ferris
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Joshua Ferris received a B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of Iowa and holds an MFA from University of California, Irvine. His fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, Best New American Voices 2005, and Prairie Schooner. He was born in Danville, Illinois and grew up in Key West, Florida. He lives in Brooklyn."
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Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris avg rating 3.41 — 6,405 ratings — published 2007 14 editions |
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The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published 2010 2 editions |
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Open Space by Joshua Ferris avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,' they said. 'I'm touring college towns with my garage band.' We were dumbfounded. It was like they were from another planet. Where had they found the derring-do? What would they do about car payments? We got together for going away drinks on their final day and tried to hide our envy while reminding ourselves that we still had the freedom and luxury to shop indiscriminately."
— Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End)
— Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End)
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"I listened to Karen Woo give an explaination of photosynthesis once," he said. "God only knows why they were discussing photosynthesis.They hung on her every word, like she was a PBS special. Her explaination didn't even involve sunlight. These people will believe anything. They will say anything."
— Joshua Ferris
— Joshua Ferris
"We had any number of clocks surrounding us, and every one of them at one time or another exhibited a lively sense of humor."
— Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End)
— Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End)
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