{"product_id":"unnamed","title":"Unnamed","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoshua Ferris's \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamed\u003c\/i\u003e has been hailed as 'the first great book of the decade' (\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an America gone awry with strange weather, New York lawyer Tim Farnsworth suffers a peculiar affliction: the inability to stop walking. While his wife, Jane, struggles to keep their family together in the face of the unfathomable, Tim alone must battle to survive pitiless surroundings, encounters with hostile strangers, and the unrelenting demands of his own body. These challenges force Tim to ask life's most pressing questions, which he answers in a final return on foot across country to reunite with his wife and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStripped of all defences, and the sense of hope that lies at the very heart of the American dream, Farnsworth is compelled to confront the terrifying reality of what it is to be a human being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer almost uniquely in tune with modern life . . . Ferris's flashes of brilliance are many' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Original, affecting. An almost unbearable love story, between remissions of intense connection and the human inevitability of parting, between the haven of marriage and all that lies beyond' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunner, an unnerving portrait of a man stripped of civilization's defenses' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Ferris was born in Illinois in 1974. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThen We Came to the End\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), which was nominated for the National Book Award and longlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, and the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamed\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010 he was selected for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker's\u003c\/i\u003e prestigious '20 under 40' list. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eTo Rise Again at a Decent Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 and the Dylan Thomas Prize 2014. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251499848024,"sku":"9780141037240","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141037240.jpg?v=1769485541","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/unnamed","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}