The End of the Book

by Porter Shreve

Book Overview

The End of the Book is the story of an aspiring contemporary novelist who may or may not be writing a sequel to Sherwood Anderson's classic Winesburg, Ohio. Adam Clary works in Chicago for a famous internet company on a massive project to digitize the world's books, but secretly he hates his job and wishes to be a writer at a time when the book as physical object and book culture itself have never been more threatened. Counterpointing Adam's story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807156221
• ISBN13: 9780807156223
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"