03000cam a2200325 4500 605609438 TxAuBib 20220916120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781632860941 1632860945 B01DM9Q716 Amazon a6ab2627-eb0a-4337-8512-3f959b5f891b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2830005 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Thier, Aaron. Mr. Eternity [Libby]. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2030kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2022kB. Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:<b>An Indie Next Pick</b><br /> <b><i><br /></i></b><b><i>"Mr. Eternity</i> will be sizzling in my brain for a long time." -Lauren Groff</b><br /> <b>A Thurber Prize Finalist of exuberance</b> <b>and ambition, spanning one thousand years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural catastrophe, and enduring love.</b><br /> Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It's here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred and sixty years old.<br /> In fact, old Dan is in the prime of his life—an incredible, perhaps eternal American life. The story unfolds over the course of a millennium, picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and continuing into the twenty-sixth, where, in the future Democratic Federation of Mississippi States, Dan serves as an advisor to the King of St. Louis. Some things remain constant throughout the centuries, and being on the edge of ruin may be one. In 1560, the Spaniards have destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations. In 2500, we've destroyed our own: the cities of the Atlantic coast are underwater, the union has fallen apart, and cars, plastics, and air conditioning are relegated to history. But there are other constants too: love, humor, and old Dan himself, always adapting and inspiring others with dreams of a better life.<br /> An ingenious, hilarious, and genre-bending page-turner, <i>Mr. Eternity</i> is multiple novels in one. Together they form an uncommon work—about our changing planet and its remarkable continuities. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a6ab2627-eb0a-4337-8512-3f959b5f891b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a6ab2627-eb0a-4337-8512-3f959b5f891b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a6ab2627-eb0a-4337-8512-3f959b5f891b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)