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Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife

Sam Savage

Paperback | Pages: 162 pages

Rating: 3.5 | 6153 Users | 787 Reviews

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Title	:	Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Author	:	Sam Savage
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 162 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2006 by Coffee House Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Fantasy. Writing. Books About Books. Humor. Animals

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Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.

In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Jane Eyre (which tastes a lot like lettuce). While his twelve siblings gnaw these books obliviously, for Firmin the words, thoughts, deeds, and hopes—all the literature he consumes—soon consume him. Emboldened by reading, intoxicated by curiosity, foraging for food, Firmin ventures out of his bookstore sanctuary, carrying with him all the yearnings and failings of humanity itself. It’s a lot to ask of a rat—especially when his home is on the verge of annihilation.

A novel that is by turns hilarious, tragic, and hopeful, Firmin is a masterpiece of literary imagination. For here, a tender soul, a vagabond and philosopher, struggles with mortality and meaning—in a tale for anyone who has ever feasted on a book…and then had to turn the final page.

First published by Coffee House Press in 2006. Republished by Delta, a division of Random House, in 2009.

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Original Title:	Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
ISBN:	1566891817 (ISBN13: 9781566891813)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Mama Flo, Norman Shine , Jerry Magoon, Firmin
Setting:	Boston, Massachusetts(United States)
Literary Awards:	Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Adult Fiction (2007)

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Beautiful, tragic, and wildly creative. Firmin is a rat who is born on a shredded copy of Finnigan's Wake in the basement of a bookshop, and consequently falls in love with literature. Stuck in a sea of rats too simpleminded to understand his intellectual depths and humans he cannot communicate with, he struggles to find happiness.This book made me laugh, cry, and think. But mostly, it spoke to my soul. I would recommend it to anyone who has ever found solace within the pages of a book.

I liked this book, but I didn't feel fully engaged by it. This book wasn't what I expected, it was a lot stranger and more adult than I had expected. I found the book rather funny at times and Firmin was quite a charming character, but I was getting less enthralled throughout the book. An interesting book and a good idea, but it's something that wore off on me. Definitely worth it for a quick read and a new reading experience.

I adored this intelligent, quirky book. Yes, it's told from the POV of a rat but this is no 'Secret of Nimh.' The rat in question, Firmin, is the runt of a litter of 13 and, because this mother only has 12 nipples he has to play 'musical teats'.. with little success. Instead he has to sustain himself by nibbling classic books. Birthed by an alcoholic mother in the basement of a bookshop in Boston's Scolloy Square there are, thankfully, enough volumes to keep him full. But, in allowing the words

This amazing book, written by first-time novelist Sam Savage, blew me away with its intelligent writing and perceptive looks into the human condition. Yes, its from a rats perspective. Dont let that deter you from reading one of the best books of the past two years.Firmin discovers that he lives in a bookshop basement in a run-down part of a city. He nibbles on the pages of the books, but also learns to read voraciously. He closely observes the world of the bookshop and ventures out to nearby

It's not an all-time classic, but it has something. 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 books, both literally and metaphorically.Where it doesn't quite (sorry) bite is in the character of the narrator, which is not sufficiently distinctive. I like the situation; I like the idea; but the voice reminded me of a number

A letter I wrote to Sam Savage but couldn't figure out where to send it. To Sam Savage,I was walking through the aisles of my local library branch with no idea of what book I wanted to read. I bided my time because it was the afternoon and that meant that my house was hot and humid and the library was not. I skimmed the aisles of stacks of rows of books and plucked them one by one off the shelves. I took in title upon title and tried to guess what a cover art had to do with the descriptions. You

This book had all the ingredients to make me like it a lot and yet, it was just a little above the OK read. A rat that lives in a bookshop and learns to read is undoubtedly an interesting theme. However, I found some parts of the book dragging for too long, more than once making me feel sleepy... On the other hand, all the references to books were interesting, the account of the slow degradation of the neighborhood is very well achieved, the friendship of Firmin with the unsuccessful writer is