The origin of species /

The origin of species /

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Author / Creator:	Ricci, Nino.
Imprint:	[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2008.
Description:	472 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Young men -- Quebec (Province) -- Montreal -- Fiction. Psychological fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. Young men. Montréal (Québec) -- History -- Fiction. Québec -- Montréal. Fiction. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7369541

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ISBN:	9780385663601 0385663609 9780385663618 0385663617
Summary:	In mid-1980's Montreal Alex Fratarcangeli hides out in a seedy apartment near the Concordia campus, a somewhat oafish 30-something grad student. Though tender and generous at heart, Alex leads a life devoid of healthy relationships. Alex attends daily sessions with a lackluster psychoanalyst in an attempt to shake off the demon of depression. Whenever Alex's thoughts grow darkest, he is compelled to recall Desmond, the British professor with dubious credentials whom he met years ago in the Galapagos. It is only now that Alex can begin to comprehend these unlikely life lessons, and see a glimmer of hope shining through what he had thought was meaninglessness.

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Summary:	Set in Montreal in the 1980s, The Origin of Species tells the story of thirty-something Alex Fratarcangeli (I can't even pronounce it myself, he admits to an acquaintance), plagued by a familiar sense of being a fraud in all aspects of his life, from his professional ambitions to his romantic involvements. Alex is by all accounts an unexceptional man, save for the fact that he is haunted by an extraordinary experience in the Galapagos Islands, the consequences of which threaten to upend the precarious balance of his ordinary life. Crafted with astonishing skill and empathy, The Origin of Species is a novel of emotional intensity, fierce intelligence, and searing humour.
Physical Description:	472 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780385663601 0385663609 9780385663618 0385663617