Chuck Palahniuk Libri

Nota del Librarian: è presente un'edizione con copertina alternativa con lo stesso ISBN a questo link. Tyler Durden, disilluso dalla cultura vacua e consumistica imperante nel mondo occidentale, è un giovane che si trascina in una vita fatta di bugie e di fallimenti. La sua unica valvola di sfogo sono gli incontri clandestini di boxe nei sotterranei dei bar. Tyler crede di aver trovato in questo modo una strada per riscattare il vuoto della propria esistenza; ma nel mondo del pugilato non c'è posto per alcuna regola, freno o limite. Romanzo profetico e provocatorio, Fight Club è stato salutato fin dal suo apparire nel 1996 come una delle opere più importanti del decennio.

Shannon McFarland, si ritrova mutilata della mascella in seguito a una misteriosa fucilata. Il suo partner, il poliziotto Manus, la lascia per mettersi con la bambolona texana Evie. Allora Shannon, insieme alla Principessa Brandy Alexander, inizia un folle e picaresco viaggio, mossa dall'intento di vendicarsi

Tender Branson, ultimo sopravvissuto di una bizzarra setta religiosa, narra la storia della sua vita alla scatola nera di un aereo che sta precipitando nell'oceano. In un crescendo delirante, Tender racconta della sua vita all'interno della comunità e delle sue stravaganti attività lavorative. Le sue vicende raggiungono il culmine quando, dopo il suicidio in massa di tutti i membri della setta, Tender assurge al ruolo di messia mediatico. Ma le cose si mettono male quando si scopre che gli altri membri della setta sono stati in realtà assassinati e che il fratello di Tender, Adam, è ancora vivo. Tender è dunque un serial killer? O lo è suo fratello Adam?

Carl Streator è un uomo solitario. Ha quarant'anni, è vedovo e fa il giornalista. Mentre lavora a un reportage sulla sindrome della morte improvvisa del neonato, scopre qualcosa di inquietante: in tutti i luoghi dove sono morti dei bambini è presente il libro Poesie e filastrocche da tutto il mondo, immancabilmente aperto su una nenia africana usata per dare la "dolce morte", un'arma che si rivela davvero micidiale. Carl si associa con un'agente immobiliare specializzata in compravendita di case infestate e, insieme ad un'aspirante strega e a un ecoterrorista truffaldino, solcano in lungo e in largo gli Stati Uniti per fare piazza pulita di tutte le copie esistenti del libro. Raggelante parabola sul pericolo di infezioni psichiche in un'epoca di proliferazione spropositata dell'informazione, Ninna nanna è un thriller mozzafiato, con una trama ricca di suspense e di sorprese.

Victor Mancini, studente di medicina fallito, ha architettato un piano ingegnoso per pagare le spese ospedaliere della vecchia madre: ogni giorno sceglie un ristorante diverso, ci va a cena con un amico e, nel bel mezzo della serata, fa finta di soffocare per un boccone andato di traverso. Immancabilmente qualcuno si lancia a salvarlo, e ogni volta questo qualcuno si sente "trasformato" da questa esperienza che sembra dare nuovo senso alla sua vita. Quasi sempre poi, il salvatore diventa anche una sorta di padre adottivo di Victor, al quale invia somme di denaro in occasione dell'anniversario dell'incidente.

Da quando ha sposato Peter, enigmatico compagno di corso alla scuola d'arte, Misty è venuta ad abitare sull'idilliaca Waytansea Island. Ora Peter, dopo un oscuro tentativo di suicidio, giace in coma all'ospedale. E Misty tiene un diario per quando (semmai) tornerà alla coscienza. Ma - trattandosi di un'opera di Chuck Palahniuk - è inevitabile che il contenuto del diario sia molto bizzarro: misteriosamente cominciano a sparire una dopo l'altra alcune stanze dalle case per le vacanze della zona che Peter aveva ristrutturato. Misty, con l'aiuto di un grafologo, scopre che sulle pareti delle stanze (in realtà murate) sono stati scribacchiati dei messaggi terribili e minacciosi che a poco a poco svelano verità sconvolgenti su di lei e sul suo destino.

Cavie è un romanzo composto da ventitré delle più terrificanti, comiche, avvincenti, stomachevoli storie che abbiate mai letto. A raccontarcele è un gruppo di aspiranti autori che hanno risposto all'annuncio "Ritiro per scrittori: abbandona la tua vita per tre mesi" e sono stati spinti a credere che lì finalmente si sarebbero lasciati alle spalle tutte le distrazioni della "vita reale", il vero ostacolo alla creazione del loro capolavoro. Ma "lì" non è altro che un vecchio teatro in disuso dove, ermeticamente isolati dal resto del mondo, vedono giorno dopo giorno ridursi cibo, riscaldamento ed elettricità. Quanto più le circostanze si fanno disperate, tanto più a forti tinte si fanno le storie che raccontano. E tanto più ambigui e feroci si fanno i loro intrighi e le loro lotte per diventare l'eroe, o eroina, di questa terribile vicenda così simile al più sensazionale e volgare dei reality show. Il risultato è un susseguirsi ipnotico di narrazioni sempre più estreme in cui lo stile inconfondibile, grottesco e dark di Palahniuk si spinge fin sull'orlo dell'abisso.

Madison, undici anni, figlia di una star del cinema e di un miliardario, è stata dimenticata per le vacanze di Natale nel suo collegio di iperlusso in Svizzera dai genitori. E così Madison riesce nella non facile impresa di morire per una overdose di marijuana. La ragazza non solo scopre di essere morta ma si rende conto di essere finita all'inferno con la non esaltante prospettiva di dovervi trascorrere l'eternità. Ma Madison è una ragazza pratica e decide che prima di tutto deve farsi degli amici, poi deve capire come funzionano le cose all'inferno e, infine, deve cercare di farselo piacere. In poco tempo stringe amicizia con un gruppetto di coetanei: una cheerleader, un secchione, un punkrocker e un giocatore di football. Con loro attraverserà il Deserto di Forfora e scalerà la Montagna delle Unghie Tagliate per arrivare alla città fortificata dove vive Satana...

Cassie Wright, leggendaria sacerdotessa del porno, decide di chiudere in "bellezza" la sua carriera battendo il record mondiale di fornicazione di massa con una mastodontica Gang Bang (quella particolare performance porno nella quale una gentile signora fa sesso con un numero spropositato di gentili signori) e di farne l'oggetto di un film. Il suo obiettivo è quanto mai ambizioso: 600 uomini. Il romanzo si basa su quanto dicono, pensano e fanno Mr. 72, Mr. 137, e Mr. 600 che attendono il loro turno in una stanza assai affollata e rumorosa. Ma non vanno dimenticati alcuni elementi che rendono la storia ancora più forte; tanto per cominciare, la protagonista ha in mente di morire durante le riprese del suo tentativo di record mondiale. Inoltre intende devolvere i proventi del film al figlio concepito sul set del suo primo film porno e poi abbandonato. E in effetti uno dei tre protagonisti dice di essere il figlio di Cassie. Ma sarà vero?

"Pigmeo" è una commedia dark che affronta temi di terrorismo e razzismo. Il protagonista, un tredicenne straniero, arriva negli Stati Uniti tramite un programma di scambio studenti e si ritrova in una tipica famiglia middle-class bianca e cristiana, in un sobborgo americano. La sua permanenza di sei mesi è condivisa con altri ragazzi, ma il nostro "eroe" proviene da un paese totalitario ed è un terrorista, addestrato fin da giovane nelle arti marziali e nella chimica, con un profondo odio per gli Stati Uniti. Le sue azioni sono guidate da citazioni di figure storiche come Hitler e Pinochet. Pigmeo intende sfruttare il soggiorno per partecipare al Concorso Nazionale di Scienze, con un piano che potrebbe causare la morte di milioni di persone. Attraverso il suo sguardo, influenzato dalla propaganda e dalla paranoia, si svela l'orrore dell'America contemporanea, caratterizzata da xenofobia, fondamentalismo religioso e violenza mediatica.

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a"kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more. Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider This is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more. Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider this is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.

Rant is an oral history centered on Buster 'Rant' Casey, featuring voices from friends, enemies, admirers, and detractors who share their perspectives on this complex character. Born in a small town, Rant seeks real thrills beyond the confines of video games and movies. His unconventional lifestyle includes a penchant for rabies and seeking the effects of black widow spider bites. A high school rebel, he escapes to the city, where he becomes a leader in an urban demolition derby known as Party Crashing. Participants, identifiable by their uniquely decorated cars, engage in a chaotic game of stalking and crashing into each other during designated times and areas. Amidst this violent nightlife, Rant forms deep connections with three friends. Following his untimely death, these friends compile testimonies that reveal the impact of Rant's life, including allegations that his saliva caused a rabies outbreak in the city. This plague, however, serves as a catalyst for liberation, allowing his peers to break free from mundane routines. Expect a blend of humor, horror, and profound insights into the surreal aspects of contemporary life, delivered with the unique style of Chuck Palahniuk, who continues to push boundaries in modern literature.

The town of Stepford has a secret. All of the wives are far too perfect and all of the husbands are way too happy.

"The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ." The best stories engage readers, compelling them to turn pages in anticipation of what comes next. Great literature is defined by its imagination, as demonstrated in this exceptional anthology, which redefines the boundaries of imaginative fiction. It features contributions from renowned writers like Peter Straub, Chuck Palahniuk, Roddy Doyle, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, showcasing their craft and challenging misconceptions about genres. Curated by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, who personally selected each story, the anthology sets a high standard for this "new literature of the imagination." The collection aims to present familiar themes in fresh, illuminating ways. Notable tales include Joe Hill's disturbing exploration of evil in "Devil on the Staircase," Lawrence Block's unique take on fishing in "Catch and Release," and Carolyn Parkhurst's dark sibling rivalry in "Unwell." Joanne Harris introduces ancient gods in modern New York in "Wildfire in Manhattan," while Richard Adams's "The Knife" delves into vengeance. Jeffery Deaver's "The Therapist" features a psychologist on a mission to save lives, and Neil Gaiman's chilling "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains" offers a haunting punishment for a grave crime. This visionary volume will transform readers’ perspectives and ignite a renewed appreciation for exceptional fiction.

'Burnt Tongues' is a collection of transgressive stories selected by a rigorous nomination and vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, Dennis Widmyer and Richard Thomas. These stories run the gamut from horrific and fantastic to humorous and touching, but each leaves a lasting impression - some may say even a scar.

"Bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color, his first ever coloring book for adults. Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of Lullaby and Fight Club. The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight tales, illustrated in detailed black and white"--Provided by publisher

The book features a gripping narrative that explores complex themes of love, loss, and redemption. The protagonist embarks on a transformative journey, facing both internal and external challenges that test their resilience. With richly developed characters and a vivid setting, the story delves into the intricacies of human relationships and the impact of past choices on the present. Readers can expect an emotional rollercoaster that blends poignant moments with thought-provoking insights, making it a compelling read.

Kicking off with an introduction featuring Katherine Dunn, author of the bestselling classic "Greek Love, " this journey showcases Palahniuk's hometown with ''a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly, sincere, fascinating people who maybe should've kept their mouths shut in Portland.

Chuck Palahniuk's world has been, well, different from yours and mine. The pieces that comprise "Non-Fiction" prove just how different, in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling. Encounters with alternative culture heroes Marilyn Manson and Juliette Lewis; the peculiar wages of fame attendant on the big budget film production of the movie Fight Club; life as an assembly-line drive train installer by day, hospice volunteer driver by night; the really peculiar lives of submariners; the really violent world of college wrestlers; the underground world of anabolic steroid gobblers; the harrowing circumstances of his father's murder and the trial of his killer - each essay or vignette offers a unique facet of existence as lived in and/or observed by one of America's most flagrantly daring and original literary talents.

Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant, Make Something Up is a compilation of twenty-one stories and one novella that disturbs and delights. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display; in Zombies, the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators. In Knock, Knock, a son hopes to tell one last off-color joke to a father in his final moments, while in Tunnel of Love, a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing relief to dying clients. And in Expedition, infamous Fight Club member Tyler Durden shows a side of himself never seen before.

'The Invention of Sound' is a chilling tale of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret, and a malicious recording that can make 'the whole world scream at the exact same time'.

Madison Spencer is back. Continuing the afterlife adventure begun in 'Damned', Chuck Palahniuk leads us on a journey through a purgatory that only he could imagine. But this purgatory is very familiar. You and I know it as Earth. And while Madison can see and hear every last detail of the world she left behind, she is invisible to everyone who's still alive.

People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious blue-black book and memorising its directives. They are ready for the reckoning. In this ingeniously comic work, Chuck Palahniuk's first novel in four years, he does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Smug, geriatric politicians hatch a nasty fate for the burgeoning population of young males; working-class men dream of burying the elites; and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. When it arrives, Adjustment Day inaugurates a new, disunited states. In this mind-blowing novel, Palahniuk fearlessly makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory lurking in the American psyche.

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over.Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather...and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it’s not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow. First there is the matter of the veritable cavalcade of escaped convicts that keep showing up at their door. Not to mention the debaucherous new tutor who has a penchant for speaking in Greek and dismembering sex dolls. Then there’s Mummy’s burgeoning opioid addiction. And who knows where Daddy is. He just vanished one day after he and Mummy took a walk in the so called “Ghost Forest.” With Grandfather putting pressure on Otto to step up, it becomes clear that this will all end in only two a nuclear apocalypse or just another day among the creeping thistle and tree peonies. And in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, either are equally possible.

"A novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. Sisters will be doing it for themselves. And doing it. And doing it. And doing it some more ... Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, aka "Climax-Well," a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds, notebook in hand, to bring her to previously undreamed-of heights of orgasmic pleasure for days on end. What's not to like? This: Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the final development of a line of sex toys to be marketed in a nationwide chain of boutiques called Beautiful You. So potent and effective are these devices that women by the millions line up outside the stores on opening day and then lock themselves in their room with them and stop coming out. Except for batteries. Maxwell's plan for erotically enabled world domination must be stopped. But how?"--Amazon.com

Tyler’s been around a lot longer than anyone realized . . . To gain admittance to the current generation of Project Mayhem, Marla is more than happy to provide Sebastian with plenty of bruises, and thus, the search for their son begins . . .*One of IGN and io9’s Most Anticipated Comics of 2015!“Ever wanted to know what happened to the anonymous narrator—and his constant companion, Tyler Durden—of Fight Club? Thanks to writer Chuck Palahniuk, artist Cameron Stewart and Dark Horse Comics, you’ll get the answer in Fight Club 2.”—Playboy

The hyperactive love child of Page Six and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? caught in a tawdry love triangle with The Fan. Even Kitty Kelly will blush. Soaked, nay, marinated in the world of vintage Hollywood, Tell-All is a Sunset Boulevard–inflected homage to Old Hollywood when Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ruled the roost; a veritable Tourette’s syndrome of rat-tat-tat  name-dropping, from the A-list to the Z-list; and a merciless  send-up of Lillian Hellman’s habit of butchering the truth that will have Mary McCarthy cheering from the beyond. Our Thelma Ritter–ish narrator is Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of Katherine “Miss Kathie”  Kenton—veteran of multiple marriages, career comebacks, and cosmetic surgeries. But danger arrives with gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III, who worms his way into Miss Kathie’s heart (and boudoir). Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie’s death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman–penned musical extravaganza; as the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans—and for posterity. Tell-All is funny, subversive, and fascinatingly clever. It’s wild, it’s wicked, it’s  bold-faced—it’s vintage Chuck.

"Chuck Palahniuk writes the sequel to the sequel to Fight Club! Marla Singer is about to deliver her second child, but the daddy isn't her husband-it's Tyler Durden, who's very invested in his heir, and the world he'll inherit. Marla, her first son, and her husband-the unnamed narrator in the novel, who now goes by Balthazar-live in a rundown motel with sketchy neighbors. In the Fight Club 2 graphic novel, Tyler transformed Project Mayhem into Rize or Die-now, as a road to paradise presents itself, a new group has implemented a ruthless and deviant plan to fine-tune mankind, leading Balthazar to forge an unlikely alliance . . . with Tyler Durden"--

Balthazar – beziehungsweise der Mann, der sich inzwischen Balthazar nennt – und seine Frau Marla Singer leben in einem heruntergewirtschafteten Motel mit dubiosen Zimmernachbarn. Marla ist zum zweitem Mal schwanger, und die Geburt steht kurz bevor. Aber Balthazar ist nicht der Vater – es ist Tyler Durdens Kind, und der macht sich große Sorgen um den Zustand der Welt, die er seinem Erben hinterlassen wird. Denn eine neue Organisation macht dem ehemaligen Projekt Chaos Konkurrenz bei der Beherrschung der Menschheit, und so ist Tyler gezwungen, eine Allianz mit dem unwahrscheinlichsten aller Partner einzugehen: Balthazar. Kultautor Chuck Palahniuk ist noch lange nicht fertig mit seiner Abrechnung mit der Gesellschaft! »Fight Club« war der Befreiungsschlag einer in Nichtigkeiten versinkenden Generation von Konsumbesessenen, und die Fortsetzung des erfolgreichen Romans als Graphic Novel stand dem in nichts nach. Palahniuks schonungsloser Blick hinter die dünne Fassade unserer sogenannten Zivilisation hat auch im dritten Teil von »Fight Club« nichts an Schärfe verloren. Der Eisner-Award-Gewinner Cameron Stewart zieht erneut alle Register der Comic-Kunst, um Palahniuks nihilistische Vision in Bilder zu fassen.

Balthazar – beziehungsweise der Mann, der sich inzwischen Balthazar nennt – und seine Frau Marla Singer leben in einem heruntergewirtschafteten Motel mit dubiosen Zimmernachbarn. Marla ist zum zweitem Mal schwanger, und die Geburt steht kurz bevor. Aber Balthazar ist nicht der Vater – es ist Tyler Durdens Kind, und der macht sich große Sorgen um den Zustand der Welt, die er seinem Erben hinterlassen wird. Denn eine neue Organisation macht dem ehemaligen Projekt Chaos Konkurrenz bei der Beherrschung der Menschheit, und so ist Tyler gezwungen, eine Allianz mit dem unwahrscheinlichsten aller Partner einzugehen: Balthazar. Kultautor Chuck Palahniuk ist noch lange nicht fertig mit seiner Abrechnung mit der Gesellschaft! »Fight Club« war der Befreiungsschlag einer in Nichtigkeiten versinkenden Generation von Konsumbesessenen, und die Fortsetzung des erfolgreichen Romans als Graphic Novel stand dem in nichts nach. Palahniuks schonungsloser Blick hinter die dünne Fassade unserer sogenannten Zivilisation hat auch im dritten Teil von »Fight Club« nichts an Schärfe verloren. Der Eisner-Award-Gewinner Cameron Stewart zieht erneut alle Register der Comic-Kunst, um Palahniuks nihilistische Vision in Bilder zu fassen. Abschlussband der Reihe

„A szexmániával pont ugyanaz a gond, ami a többi függőséggel. Folyton csak gyógyulófélben vagy. Folyton csak visszacsúszol. Megjátszod magad. Amíg nem találsz valamit, amiért küzdhetsz, beéred bármivel, ami ellen küzdhetsz. Valahányszor azt hallom, hogy meg akarnak szabadulni a nemi megszállottságtól, csak megrántom a vállam. Ugyan már, mi lehet jobb a szexnél? Annyi szent, hogy a legpocsékabb szopás is ezerszer jobb, mint beleszagolni a legszebb rózsába... Végignézni a legcsodásabb naplementét... Hallgatni a csilingelő gyermekkacajt. Lefogadom, hogy egyetlen verset sem találnék olyan elragadónak, mint egy ínyzsibbasztó, seggfeszítő, faszrobbantó orgazmust. Az ember csak addig festeget tájképeket, komponál operát, amíg hozzá nem jut a következő készséges testnyíláshoz. Palahniuk Amint valaki talál jobb elfoglaltságot a szexnél, hívjon fel. Dobjon egy emailt. A noi mosdóban, tövig Nicóban, tarkóra tett kézzel hátradőlök. Az elkövetkező pár percre megszűnnek gondjaim. Nincs anyám. Nincs kórházi számla. Nincs szaros múzeumi meló. [..] Nincs semmi. Semmit sem érzek.