The Great Perhaps
a novel
1st ed.
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Word Count
103,500 words, Guess
Page Count
414 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegreatperhapsnove00meno
- Internet Archivegreatperhapsnove0000meno
- Internet Archivegreatperhapsnove0000meno_f8g4
- ISBN-139780393067965
- ISBN-100393067963
and 6 more
- LibraryThing7829455
- Goodreads5231962
- Library of Congress Control Number2008054280
- OCLC Control Number286488630
- Better World Books9780393067965
- Open LibraryOL22843450M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3563.E53 G74 2009
- LCCPS3563.E53G74 2009
Description
The sky is falling for the Caspers, a family of cowards: for Jonathan, a paleontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric giant squid; for his wife, Madeline, an animal behaviorist with a failing experiment; for their daughter, Amelia, a disappointed teenage revolutionary; for her younger sister, Thisbe, on a frustrated search for God; and for grandfather Henry, who wants to disappear, limiting himself to thirteen words a day, then twelve, then eleven, until he will speak no more. Each fears uncertainty and the possibilities that accompany it. When Jonathan and Madeline suddenly decide to separate, this nuclear family is split, each member forced to confront his or her own cowardice, finally coming to appreciate the cloudiness of the modern age. With wit and humor, The Great Perhaps pre-sents a revealing look at anxiety, ambiguity, and the need for complicated answers to complex questions.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- The Great Perhaps: a novel
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