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Wanted: Elevator Man

Peterson, Joseph G. more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press
Publication Date: 11/05/2012
Place of Publication: United States

RRP: $21.95
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A profound but comedic meditation on failure in this life, how one comes to terms with not achieving one's dreams, the nature and origin of such dreams, and the meaning of the American dream itself.

"A chronically unemployed young man with 'a degree from a major university' takes a job, out of desperation, that he feels is beneath him. The result is recalls both Donald Barthelme and "Joe vs. the Volcano". A sharp, poetic novel that is a reminder of who we are at our best, when we stop trying to be greater than the sum of our parts as we reach for the American Dream and that, sometimes, hard labor and going down is the best way to go up."
--Stacie Michelle Williams "Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee "

Title: Wanted: Elevator Man
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Contributors: By (author) Joseph G. Peterson

ISBN 13: 9780875806778
ISBN 10: 0875806775

Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press
Publication Date: 11/05/2012
Place of Publication: Dekalb, IL, United States
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BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Dewey Classification: 813.6 (DC23) ; 813.6 (DC21)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction

Format: Paperback
Pages: 190
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Thickness: 14mm
Weight: 218g