A Gentleman's Fall

Author's Name: Herbert Clyde Lewis

A captivating novel about life, death, and loneliness, set in the middle of the ocean when a man falls from a ship sailing between Honolulu and Panama. For fateful hours, he struggles to drown, while no one on board notices his disappearance. With each passing moment, the hope of saving him diminishes. Since its rediscovery in 2009, this novel has become a global phenomenon, translated into several languages. It is considered an exceptional work ahead of its time, posing existential questions in the simplest and most brutal ways, addressing everyone who has experienced isolation, whether imposed by politics, illness, the economy, or even mere coincidence. The tragic irony is that the fate of its hero ironically mirrors that of its author, who died in 1950, forgotten and alone.