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Useless miracle : a novel / Barry Schechter.
"A classic, smart comedy about a meek college professor who achieves one of mankind's most fervent wishes: the ability to fly. College professor George Entmen has been granted what he calls a "useless miracle" -- he can fly, but only three inches off the ground and very, very, very slowly. Plus, he has to put his arms out in front of him like Superman. But when word leaks out that he's achieved one of mankind's greatest desires, George finds himself in a caught in a world of exploitive friends, angry magicians, and non-stop media attention"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781612197913 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 319 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Subject: | College teachers > Fiction. Flight > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
"George Entmen just turned forty, and he can't complain. As the James Lydecker Chair of Hermeneutics in the English department at Northwestern, he is honored in his field, beloved by friends and family, and ready to drift quietly into tenured middle age.But then he discovers he can fly. Sure, he can only fly very, very slowly; he needs to have his hands thrust out in front of him like Superman; and he only flies three or four inches above the ground. In fact, as he has to be prone to do it, he is, in flight, further from the sky than ever. But why does this nonetheless amazing phenomenon drive so many people into a rage? Why do he and his family find themselves dodging livid magicians, exploitative friends, scheming billionairesses, thirteen-year-old boys who are sure they saw the wire, and, perhaps worst of all, angry hermeneuticians? George's friend Harvey tells him that, beneath all the chaos, his gift has to have a meaning. But to find it, Harvey says, George needs to understand one thing: ]You're not flying, you're being flown.'"--Provided by publisher. - Baker & Taylor
A meek college professor finds himself entrenched in a world of exploitive friends, angry magicians, and non-stop media attention after he discovers that he can fly, but only three inches off the ground, very slowly, in a Superman pose. - Baker & Taylor
A meek college professor finds himself entrenched in a world of exploitive friends, angry magicians and non-stop media attention after he discovers that he can fly, but only 3 inches off the ground, very slowly, in a Superman pose. Original. - Random House, Inc.
A classic, smart comedy in which a college professor attains mankind's oldest dream: the ability to fly...sort of...
George Entmen just turned forty, and he can't complain. He is a respected hermeneutics professor, beloved by friends and family, and ready to drift quietly into tenured middle age. But then, he discovers he can fly.
Sure, he can only fly very, very slowly, and he only flies three or four inches above the ground . . . But why does this nonetheless amazing phenomenon drive so many people into a rage? Why do he and his family find themselves dodging livid magicians, scheming billionairesses, and, perhaps worst of all, angry hermeneuticians?
Beneath all the chaos, his gift has to have a meaning. But to find it, George needs to understand one thing his friend and guru keeps telling him: "You're not flying, you're being flown."
