Zinsky the Obscure

Ilan Mochari

ISBN 10: 1937677117 / ISBN 13: 9781937677114

Published by Fomite, 2013

About this Item

The author inscribed this volume and dated the inscription on the title page. The spine to this volume is not creased, and there are no rips or tears to the covers, or internally. There is a slight bump to the lower edge of the front cover. There are 342 pages to this debut novel followed by multiple pages of advertisements for the publisher's other books.

Seller Inventory # SpSi500

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zinsky the Obscure
• Publisher: Fomite
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937677117
• ISBN 13: 9781937677114
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Thirty-year-old Manhattan bachelor Ariel Zinsky is still recovering from his abusive childhood when he realizes no one -- including his few living relatives -- is truly interested in his narrative. While they numb themselves with the latest celebrity rehab story or the third-world atrocities replayed without ceasing on cable news, he sets out to write his autobiography as an exercise in his own self-medication, recasting himself as the hero in a coming-of-age story. Fans of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES and THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER will relate to this tale of overcoming your childhood's traumas, and the world's indifference to them.

About the Author

Ilan Mochari's short stories have appeared in KEYHOLE, STYMIE, OYSTERS & CHOCOLATE, and RUTHIE'S CLUB. Another short story was a finalist in a GLIMMER TRAIN competition. He is a contributor to COGNOSCENTI, the online magazine for Boston's NPR news station. He has a B.A. in English from Yale. He used it to wait tables for nine years at various restaurants in the Boston area.