The Bachelor: A Novel
Andrew Palmerโ
ืืืื 2021 ยท Penguin Random House Audio ยท ืืงืจืืื ืืช ืฉื Jonathan Todd Ross
headphones
ืกืคืจ ืืืืื
9 ืฉืข' 19 ืืง'
ืื ืืงืืฆืจ
family_home
ืืฉืืจ
info
reportืืืืงืืจืืช ืืืืืจืืืื ืื ืืืืืชืืย ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ
ืจืืฆื ืืืืื ืืืฉื 10 ืืง'? ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืื ืืื ืืื, ืืคืืื ืืืคืืืื.ย
ืืืกืคื
ืืืืข ืขื ืกืคืจ ืืืืืื ืืื
A โwitty and wiseโ (People) debut novel about love and commitment, celebrity and obsession, poetry and reality TV.
โPalmerโs novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.โโThe New Yorker
Reeling from a breakup with his almost fiancรฉe, the narrator of Andrew Palmerโs debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken.
An absorbing coming-of-age tale โthat marks the debut of a significant talentโ (Kirkus Reviews, starred), The Bachelor approachesโwith wit and graceโthe high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?
โPalmerโs novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.โโThe New Yorker
Reeling from a breakup with his almost fiancรฉe, the narrator of Andrew Palmerโs debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken.
An absorbing coming-of-age tale โthat marks the debut of a significant talentโ (Kirkus Reviews, starred), The Bachelor approachesโwith wit and graceโthe high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?
ืขื ืืืืืจ
Andrew Palmer 's writing has appeared in Slate, The Times Literary Supplement, The Paris Review Daily, The New Yorker online, and McSweeney's. He has been a fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and a resident at Ucross, the Anderson Center, and Yaddo. He grew up in Iowa and lives in Seattle with his partner and their dog. The Bachelor is his first novel.
ืจืืฆื ืืืจื ืืช ืกืคืจ ืืืืืื ืืื?
ื ืฉืื ืืฉืืืข ืื ืืขืชื.
ืคืจืื ืืืื ืืช
ืกืืืจืืคืื ืื ืืืืืืืื
ืื ืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืื ืืืชืงืื ืืช ืืืคืืืงืฆืื ืฉื Google Play Books ื-Android ืื ื-iPad/iPhoneโ. ืืื ืืกืชื ืืจื ืช ืืืืคื ืืืืืืื ืขื ืืืฉืืื ืฉืื ืืืืคืฉืจืช ืื ืืงืจืื ืืื ืืงืื, ืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืื ืืจื ื.
ืืืฉืืื ื ืืืืื ืืฉืืืื ืืื
ื ืืชื ืืงืจืื ืกืคืจืื ืฉื ืจืืฉื ื-Google Play ืืืืฆืขืืช ืืคืืคื ืืืื ืืจื ื ืฉืืืืฉื ืฉืื.
