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The librarianist : a novel

Summary: "Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses. Comet's experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre and outsized players to welcome onto the stage of his life."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781487009915
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm
    regular print
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Anansi, 2023.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Subject: Portland (Or.) -- Fiction
Senior centers -- Fiction
Self-acceptance -- Fiction
Memory -- Fiction
Volunteers -- Fiction
Books and reading -- Fiction
Retirees -- Fiction
Librarians -- Fiction
Genre: Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at South Interlake Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Stonewall Library FIC DEWITT (Text) 3678726924 Fiction Volume hold Available -
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