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Martins is less concerned with the inherent religious issues than with the lives of the suburbanites left behind. From socrates to thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity. Tom perrotta is the bestselling author of nine works of fiction, including election and little children, both of which were made into oscarnominated films, and the leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, peabody awardwinning hbo series. The novel opens with a retrospective description of the sudden departure, which happened a year or so before the prologue.
This is the official web site of author tom perrotta. Perrotta joins jian to talk about the series, his collaboration with lost cocreator damon. From the author of little children and now a major new tv series, the leftovers asks what if one day some of us simply vanished. The altogether unexpected disappearance of atticus craftsman.
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