Forgotten Work - by Jason Guriel (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, and a time-tripping work of speculative fiction--in verse. In the year 2063, on the edge of the Crater formerly known as Montrâeal, a middle-aged man and his ex's daughter search for a cult hero: the leader of a short-lived band named after a forgotten work of poetry and known to fans through a forgotten work of music criticism. In this exuberantly plotted verse novel, Guriel follows an obsessive cult-following through the twenty-first century. Some things change (there's metamorphic smart print for music mags; the Web is called the "Zuck"). Some things don't (poetry readings are still, mostly, terrible). But the characters, including a robot butler who stands with Ishiguro's Stevens as one of the great literary domestics, are unforgettable. Splicing William Gibson with Roberto Bolaäno, Pale Fire with Thomas Pynchon, Forgotten Work is a time-tripping work of speculative fiction. It's a love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, a satire on the human need to value the possible over the actual--and a verse novel of Nabokovian virtuosity."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> New & Noteworthy Book - "Strange and affectionate, like <em>Almost Famous</em> penned by Shakespeare. A love letter to music in all its myriad iterations."--<em>Kirkus Reviews - </em>"This book has no business being as good as it is."--Christian Wiman</strong></p> <p>In the year 2063, on the edge of the Crater formerly known as Montréal, a middle-aged man and his ex's daughter search for a cult hero: the leader of a short-lived band named after a forgotten work of poetry and known to fans through a forgotten work of music criticism. In this exuberantly plotted verse novel, Guriel follows an obsessive cult-following through the twenty-first century. Some things change (there's metamorphic smart print for music mags; the Web is called the "Zuck"). Some things don't (poetry readings are still, mostly, terrible). But the characters, including a robot butler who stands with Ishiguro's Stevens as one of the great literary domestics, are unforgettable.</p> <p>Splicing William Gibson with Roberto Bolaño, <em>Pale Fire</em> with Thomas Pynchon, <em>Forgotten Work</em> is a time-tripping work of speculative fiction. It's a love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, a satire on the human need to value the possible over the actual--and a verse novel of Nabokovian virtuosity.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>Praise for <em>Forgotten Work</em></strong></p> <p>"A futuristic dystopian rock novel in rhymed couplets, this rollicking book is as unlikely, audacious and ingenious as the premise suggests."--<strong><em>New York Times</em></strong></p> <p>"A wondrous novel."<strong>--Ron Charles, <em>Washington Post</em></strong></p> <p>"This is no novel for fans of 20th-century CanLit's plodding linear plots of settling the land and alcoholism. This one is for the boundary pushers and bohos, jazz snobs with their fanatical attention to minutiae that allows them to feel superior to those who do not know about what Bukowski calls 'the thing!'"<em><strong>--Quill & Quire</strong></em></p> <p>"What do you get when you throw John Shade, Nick Drake, <em>Don Juan</em>, Sarah Records, and Philip K. Dick into a rhymed couplet machine? Equal parts memory and forgetting, detritus and elegy, imagination and fancy, <em>Forgotten Work</em> could be the most singular novel-in-verse since Vikram Seth's <em>The Golden Gate</em>. Thanks to Jason Guriel's dexterity in metaphor-making, I found myself stopping and rereading every five lines or so, to affirm my surprise and delight."--<strong>Stephen Metcalf</strong></p> <p>"This book has no business being as good as it is. Heroic couplets in the twenty-first century? It's not a promising idea, but <em>Forgotten Work</em> is intelligent, fluent, funny, and wholly original. I can't believe it exists."--<strong>Christian Wiman</strong></p> <p>"<em>Forgotten Work</em> is a novel in rhymed verse, heroically unspooling perfect couplets for almost 200 pages. It's an SF epic poem, an excellent ekphrastic entertainment for English majors, a figment of imagination made real, and the perfect discovery to make for yourself in the hidden corner of your favorite bookstore."<strong>--James Crossley, Madison Books</strong></p> <p>"This may be the first rock 'n' roll novel written in iambic pentameter ... strange and affectionate, like <em>Almost Famous</em> penned by Shakespeare. A love letter to music in all its myriad iterations."--<strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p> <p>"A feast of allusions--musical, literary, and cinematic--is the book's most entertaining aspect, and it speaks to the powerful currents flowing between artists and artworks across disciplines, as well as to the effect of art on its consumers ... Guriel's bountiful celebration of connections between art finds an inspiring, infectious groove."--<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Praise for Jason Guriel</strong></p> <p>"What sets Guriel apart is the inescapable tone of his writing. It's obvious from reading him: he is having fun ... The best of his verse is infused with wit, irony, and the ghosts of his influences."--<strong><em>Quill & Quire</em></strong></p> <p>"Guriel is the consummate stylist, and every poem in <em>Satisfying Clicking Sound</em> has plenty of flourish."--<strong><em>Maisonneuve</em></strong></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Jason Guriel is the author of several collections of poems and a book of essays. His writing has appeared in <em>Slate</em>, <em>The Atlantic</em>, and other magazines. He lives in Toronto.</p>
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