What is Firmin (2006)?
A friend in America sent us this fun oddity a few years ago – Firmin (2006). Sam Savage’s work is a clever and upbeat account of an intellectual rat. A “debonair soul” who eats books as he grows up amongst his siblings, gaining super-rat brain powers in the process.
What is the story of Firmin the rat?
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife. Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.
How does Firmin become a vagabond?
He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning. Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.
What is Sam Savage’s work Samsam Savage about?
Sam Savage’s work is a clever and upbeat account of an intellectual rat. A “debonair soul” who eats books as he grows up amongst his siblings, gaining super-rat brain powers in the process. That leads him to a considerable existential crisis as he struggles to comprehend his existence as merely a scruffy looking rodent.