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Chuck Palahniuk

    21 febbraio 1962

    Questo autore è noto per i suoi romanzi provocatori e socialmente critici, che spesso esplorano gli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana e della società moderna. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da una cruda onestà, un umorismo nero e immagini originali, spesso scioccanti. Attraverso le sue opere, l'autore approfondisce temi esistenziali come la ricerca dell'identità, l'alienazione e la ribellione contro la conformità. Il suo approccio non convenzionale alla narrazione e la sua volontà di affrontare argomenti controversi lo rendono una voce unica e indimenticabile nella letteratura contemporanea.

    Chuck Palahniuk
    Diary
    Soffocare
    Ninna nanna
    Survivor
    Invisible monsters
    Fight club
    • Fight club

      • 223pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      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.

      Fight club
      4,2
    • Invisible monsters

      • 238pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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

      Invisible monsters
      4,0
    • Survivor

      • 289pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      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?

      Survivor
      3,9
    • Ninna nanna

      • 273pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      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.

      Ninna nanna
      3,8
    • **This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 8804524383 / ISBN13 9788804524380 Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor’s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he’s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park. His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.

      Soffocare
      3,7
    • Diary

      • 287pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      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.

      Diary
      3,7
    • Piccola Biblioteca - 512: Cavie

      • 414pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      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.

      Piccola Biblioteca - 512: Cavie
      3,5
    • Dannazione

      • 252pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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...

      Dannazione
      3,4
    • Gang bang

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Cassie Wright, regina leggendaria del porno, decide di chiudere in "bellezza" la sua carriera battendo il record mondiale di Gang Bang (quella particolare performance porno nella quale una gentile signora fa sesso con un numero spropositato di gentili signori) e di farne un film. Il suo obiettivo è quanto mai ambizioso: 600 uomini. Il libro 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. La pornoattrice ha in mente di morire durante le riprese del suo tentativo di record mondiale di modo che le successive polemiche portino a proibire ulteriori futuri tentativi di record, cosa che le garantirebbe di essere in eterno la detentrice del primato. L'immortalità è a portata di mano insomma. Inoltre la pornoattrice intende devolvere i proventi del film al figlio che aveva concepito sul set del suo primo film porno e che poi aveva abbandonato perché venisse adottato. E in effetti uno dei tre uomini su cui si basa la storia dice di essere il figlio di Cassie che cerca disperatamente di mettersi in contatto con la madre dopo che lei lo ha abbandonato da piccolo. Ma le cose stanno davvero così?

      Gang bang
      3,3
    • Pigmeo

      Romanzo

      • 238pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      "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.

      Pigmeo
      3,0
    • Consider This

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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.

      Consider This
      4,4
    • 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.

      Consider this : moments in my writing life after which everything was different
      4,3
    • Takes the form of an oral history of one Buster 'Rant' Casey, in which an assortment of friends, enemies, admirers, detractors and relations have their say on this 'evil, gender-conflicted Forrest Gump character'.

      Rant
      3,9
    • The Stepford wives

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      "All the beautiful people live in idyllic Stepford, Connecticut, an affluent, suburban Eden populated with successful, satisfied husbands and beautiful, dutiful wives. For Joanna Eberhart, newly arrived with her husband and two children, it all seems too good to be true - from the sweet Welcome Wagon lady to all those cheerful, friendly faces in the supermarket checkout lines. But beneath the town's flawless surface, something is sordid and wrong - something abominable, with its roots in the local Men's Association. And it may already be too late for Joanna to save herself from being devoured by Stepford's hideous perfection."--Cover.

      The Stepford wives
      3,9
    • 'Stories' is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some writers in the world - from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult - the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and 'master anthologist' ('Booklist') Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this 'new literature of the imagination' is high. Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in 'Devil on the Staircase'. In 'Catch and Release', Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in 'Unwell'. Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in 'Wildfire in Manhattan'. Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's 'The Knife'. Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in 'The Therapist'. A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette 'The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains'.

      Stories. All-New tales by Neil Gaiman an Al Sarrantonio
      3,8
    • Burnt Tongues

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      '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.

      Burnt Tongues
      3,7
    • "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

      Bait : off-color stories for you to color
      3,8
    • Non-fiction : (true stories)

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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.

      Non-fiction : (true stories)
      3,6
    • Shock Induction

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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.

      Shock Induction
      3,3
    • Haunted

      • 432pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.

      Haunted
      3,6
    • Fugitives and Refugees

      • 144pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      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.

      Fugitives and Refugees
      3,6
    • From the bestselling author of Fight Club and Diary, a collection of essays and journalistic pieces that prove that real life has imagination beaten cold in the strangeness and wonder departments Chuck Palahniuk's world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. The pieces that comprise Stranger Than Fiction, his first nonfiction collection, 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 (and mangled ears) of college wrestlers; the underground world of iron-pumping anabolic steroid gobblers; the immensely upsetting 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 our most flagrantly daring and original literary talents.

      Stranger Than Fiction
      3,6
    • Twenty-one stories and a novella that will disturb and delight, from the author of Fight Club. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display. In 'Zombies', the best and brightest of a high 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-colour joke to his dying father , while in 'Tunnel of Love', a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing 'relief' to dying clients. And in 'Excursion', Fight Club fans will be thrilled to find a side of Tyler Durden never seen before. Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant; these stories represent everything readers have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk.

      Make something up
      3,5
    • The Invention of Sound

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      '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'.

      The Invention of Sound
      3,5
    • 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.

      Doomed
      3,3
    • Adjustment day

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      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.

      Adjustment day
      3,2
    • Not Forever, But For Now

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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.

      Not Forever, But For Now
      3,1
    • "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

      Beautiful You
      3,1
    • Fight Club 2

      • 276pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      "Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, Sebastian lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won't last long, the wife has seen to that. He's back where he started, but this go-round he's got more at stake than his own life"-- Provided by publisher

      Fight Club 2
      3,1
    • Tell All

      • 179pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      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.

      Tell All
      3,0
    • Fight Club 3

      • 328pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      "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"--

      Fight Club 3
      2,9
    • Verbrannte Zungen

      • 168pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      «Das Schlimmste, was Ihnen passieren könnte, ist, dass Sie dieses Buch lesen und sofort jedes Wort bejubeln. Ich hoffe, dass Ihnen hin und wieder einige Worte dieses Buches, das Sie in Händen halten, im Halse stecken bleiben werden.» Chuck Palahniuk Eine Sammlung voller mutiger Geschichten. Tabuthemen, einzigartige Erzählstile, drastischer Sprache und ein untrügliches Händchen für das Risiko. Das alles und viel mehr zeichnet die Geschichten in diesem Buch aus. Dem Auftakt zu einer Reihe wagender Geschichten, an denen man sich die Zunge verbrennen kann. «Man schreibt nicht, um sich Freunde zu machen.» Chuck Palahniuk

      Verbrannte Zungen
      5,0
    • Jetzt bist du dran!

      Unvergessbare Geschichten

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Grotesk, obszön und faszinierend – Geschichten, die wie Offenbarungen wirken und unvergesslich bleiben. Durch die Romanvorlage von FIGHT CLUB erlangte Chuck Palahniuk weltweite Berühmtheit. JETZT BIST DU DRAN! präsentiert 22 Meisterwerke seines Erzählens, die sich mit einer geldgierigen Gesellschaft, Selbstverstümmelung, Drogen und unkonventionellen sexuellen Erfahrungen auseinandersetzen. Fans des Kultautors werden begeistert sein, während neue Leser gewarnt werden sollten: Palahniuk zählt zu den verstörendsten Schriftstellern aller Zeiten, und seine Werke erweitern das Bewusstsein. Die Wienerin bezeichnet ihn als Genie, während die San Francisco Chronicle Book Review feststellt, dass er Kurt Vonnegut in der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur den Rang ablaufen könnte. Die Sonntagszeitung hebt hervor, dass Palahniuk mit lakonischer Schärfe die Familie thematisiert und die Verwerfungen der amerikanischen Gesellschaft reflektiert. Ein Kritiker nannte ihn den „Leichenbeschauer des 20. Jahrhunderts“ und bezeichnete seine Romane als „Autopsieberichte einer an Übersättigung verendeten Kultur“. Kollegen wie Bret Easton Ellis sehen in ihm einen Nachfolger von Ikonen wie Thomas Pynchon und Don DeLillo. FESTA MUST READ: Große Erzähler ohne Tabus – ein Muss für jeden Leser.

      Jetzt bist du dran!
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    • Brandneue Erzählungen des einzigartigen Fight-Club-Autors, kombiniert mit einem ultimativen Malbuch für Erwachsene, illustriert von aufregenden Künstlern wie Lee Bermejo, Kirbi Fagan, Duncan Fegredo und weiteren. Das übergroße Hardcover (21,5 x 28 cm) enthält acht provokante Geschichten, jede mit detailgetreuen Schwarz-Weiß-Bildern. Darunter eine Erzählung über einen Passagier der Titanic, der eine chirurgische Lösung für das Dilemma „Frauen und Kinder zuerst“ findet, sowie die Geschichte eines Tierpsychologen, der einem Fisch, dem einzigen Zeugen eines politischen Attentats, eine Aussage entlockt. Eine weitere Geschichte handelt von einem Mädchen, dessen immer schrecklichere Geburtstagsgeschenke zu einem Massensterben führen. Bestsellerautor Chuck Palahniuk lädt die Leser ein, an dieser beispiellosen Hardcover-Ausgabe mitzuarbeiten: „Vielleicht können wir mit euren Farben, den Zeichnungen der Künstler und meinen Geschichten etwas Unvergängliches schaffen.“ CBR beschreibt die Erzählungen als spannend und beklemmend, während Forces of Geek die innovative Idee lobt. Epicstream hebt die Fight-Club-Qualität der Geschichten hervor, und AV Club betont, dass das beeindruckende Hardcover eine großartige Geschenkidee für Palahniuk-Fans ist.

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    • 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.

      Fight Club III. Band 1
    • 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

      Fight Club III. Band 2