false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250185991m/6703658.jpg 349164 18 <p>"I had always imagined that my life story...would have a great first line: something like Nabokov's 'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins;' or if I could not do lyric, then something sweeping like Tolstoy's 'All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.'... When it comes to openers, though, the best in my view has to be the first line of Ford Madox Ford's <i>The Good Soldier</i>: 'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.'" </p> <p>So begins the remarkable tale of Firmin the rat. Born in a bookstore in a blighted 1960's Boston neighborhood, Firmin miraculously learns how to read by digesting his nest of books. Alienated from his family and unable to communicate with the humans he loves, Firmin quickly realizes that a literate rat is a lonely rat.</p> <p>Following a harrowing misunderstanding with his hero, the bookseller, Firmin begins to risk the dangers of Scollay Square, finding solace in the Lovelies of the burlesque cinema. Finally adopted by a down-on-his-luck science fiction writer, the tide begins to turn, but soon they both face homelessness when the wrecking ball of urban renewal arrives.</p> <p>In a series of misadventures, Firmin is ultimately led deep into his own imaginative soul-a place where Ginger Rogers can hold him tight and tattered books, storied neighborhoods, and down-and-out rats can find people who adore them.</p> <p>A native of South Carolina, <b>Sam Savage</b> now lives in Madison, Wisconsin. This is his first novel.</p> 2467439 book 1 4 2006 Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife total:549|5:102|4:173|3:173|2:71|1:30| 549 1893 986 171 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 4 3 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 01 11:08:33 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 11:24:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4446359 0385342659 9780385342650 92 31 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255723785m/4446359.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446359.Firmin 4 11 false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:29:02 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 21:40:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2460244 8432228249 9788432228247 6 1 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1204893087m/2460244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2460244.Firmin 1 3 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 03:04:25 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 10:10:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3891690 355008742X 9783550087424 8 4 3.45 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3891690.Firmin_Ein_Rattenleben 4 2 false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 01:30:22 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 03:45:56 -0700 2008
„Gut essbar gleich gut lesbar“ FIRMIN - EIN RATTENLEBEN aktualisiert




Das ist die Devise von Firmin, einer Ratte.

Er kommt als 13. eines Rattenwurfs in einer Bostoner Buchhandlung zur Welt.
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Firmin is, at it's core, an outsider story about someone who never reall...more...]]> 4446361 9507315721 9789507315725 45 16 3.45 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446361.Firmin 3 1 false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 15:00:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 15:07:12 -0800 2008
I liked the pictures of the little mousy-looking rats at the bottom of the pages -- the little dears.

I also liked the bite out of the top of the book, which reflects the way Firmin, the first-person narRATor, devours book...more...]]> 4446359 0385342659 9780385342650 92 31 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255723785m/4446359.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446359.Firmin 5 1 false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 21:51:04 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 04:36:32 -0800 2008 Firmin discovers th...more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 2 2 false Fri Dec 05 18:08:59 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 18:14:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 2 0 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 14:42:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 14:52:42 -0800 2009 Once more...]]> 6678131 9896770019 9789896770019 2 1 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1249491538m/6678131.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6678131-firmin 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:26:32 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:27:30 -0800 2009
O patinho feio da família, é como se pode descrever a personagem. É o 13.º filho de uma ratazana gorda e com hábitos alcoólicos. Como a mãe só tem 12 tetas, Firmin fica sempre para o fim das refeições, mamando apenas os restos do leite que os s...more...]]> 4446359 0385342659 9780385342650 92 31 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255723785m/4446359.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446359.Firmin 5 1 false Mon Sep 14 07:40:39 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:05:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 4 0 false Sat May 09 05:07:39 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 05:08:23 -0700 2009
"Sempre imaginei que a história da minha vida, se e quando a escrevesse, teria uma primeira frase grandiosa; uma coisa grandiosa como "Lolita, luz da minha vida, fogo da minha virilidade", de Nabokov; ou, caso eu não tiv...more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 1 0 true Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 04:15:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 04:20:46 -0700 2009
If you rea...more...]]> 4446359 0385342659 9780385342650 92 31 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255723785m/4446359.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446359.Firmin 4 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 18:51:49 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 00:06:12 -0700 2009
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this, in spite of the fact that the foremost thought in ...more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 3 1 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 00:11:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 03:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4446361 9507315721 9789507315725 45 16 3.45 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4446361.Firmin 4 2 false Mon Mar 09 09:49:28 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 20:52:58 -0700 2009
Unlike his siblings who feast on the pages of books in blissful ignorance, Firmin not only consumes the books surrounding...more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun May 17 18:03:14 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:40:35 -0700 2009
Much like rats, you are never more than a few feet away from a Firmin-like human. This is even more true, of course, if you identify with the lifestyle of a social miscreant. Reading ...more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 4 0 false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:45:57 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:25:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 17 06:27:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 06:34:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 349164 1566891817 9781566891813 341 98 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173974199m/349164.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349164.Firmin_Adventures_of_a_Metropolitan_Lowlife 1 0 false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 15:32:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:44:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6703658