First part : chapters 1 to 6

UPDATE : You can download the first forty chapters, in three different formats, here :
http://solsysbooks.blogspot.fr/2013/04/e-reader-formats.html


You can download the PDF there :

https://sites.google.com/site/solsysbooks/Part1-ch1to6.pdf

In this first part, the main character, Erich is confronted with consequences of divorce, unemployability and the bursting of the housing bubble.

On his own, he decides to downsize from a life of comfort and abstraction, aiming for simplicity and freedom.