Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernsen. The chapters in the movie are all based on books by Raymond Chandler:) My favorite noir author.
Here is a better documentary in Balzac than this shallow reading reviewer who does not understand anything he reads and is very disrespectful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g1I6Ryv1rsY.html&ab_channel=AuthorDocumentaries
In Car Crash, he's not injecting banal humor into a dark scene. He describes feeling intense emotion from watching the widower and heavily implies the experience was thrilling.
I'm reading it now, and it is the most boring piece of shist I have ever forced myself to get through. I recently finished The Count of Monte Cristo. Now, there is a magnificent piece of literature.
This book isn't nearly as hard to read as everyone makes it out to be. It's just a freaking book. Read it. It's super creative and wonderful and you'll love it.
I recently decided to give Thompson a try, needless to say, a month later i own four of his books after DEVOURING FL in Vegas. You have encapsulated everything i feel. It is indeed the least boring book of all time. I kept thinking whilst reading, jesus im having way too much fun reading a book
When it comes to the Spanish civil War and actually makes perfect sense that this author fought on the side of Franco. The socialists and the Communists we're incredibly brutal two Spanish civilians. They destroyed the churches, and they killed authors. That's why mini smart people like Camilo ran to that side. Quite frankly so did many priests. The opposition to the fascists (fascism is no better than socialism or communism) we're just as awful and brutal. I don't know that there was necessarily a good guy and a bad guy in that situation.
I just finished reading it in Greek (my first language) and I had pretty much the same thoughts on it, that the story and the premise are really good but the way it's written feels like it's meant for someone smarter and at first I thought that the "problem" was the translation that I picked up , because I tried reading a bit of the beginning in English and I thought it was easier but maybe I was wrong and it seemed easier bc I'm already familiar with it
Best novel I’ve ever read (twice). Pevear Volokhonsky translation. I read many novels, this piece stands out with a taught kind of majesty. In modern American english maybe Cormac McCarthy approaches or equals Dostoevsky. (There are French Japanese English etc etc greats to read too)
Arthur Rimbaud got me into poetry, like many others. But for me, I got the opposite treatment. I'm praised beyond my years like I am as extravagant as those who died far too soon and got the recognition that many before me would've begged to see before their deaths. I always wonder what if Rimbaud, a genuine genius. Got the same praise as I. That's something we'll never know.
hmmm, this is weird. I don't give a fuck about Sandman. How can I request books for you to review? Sigh. I highly recommend you try Scott McClanahan. The Sarah Book first. After that, trust me, you'll find your way. Love your shit, please and thanks.
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Darkest themes that ive seen in a classic. The evils that money can buy. The hospital, the relatives where all ready to destroy the womans brain for profit. The young repressed gay man using money to satify lust. Complex. It does pander to the outdated notion that men become gay due to overbearing mothers. Aside from Night of the Iguana its my favorite from Tennessee
Stella Maris is incredible, but I dont think The Passenger is a dream. They did mention aliens in a few conversations, but I dont really think it's that eaither... Archatron was a fascinating entity though! As far as the plane's passenger goes, the only things I thought could be seen as a reference to it in Stella Maris were the last few lines of chapter V... Which lead me to believe that maybe the passenger was the Kid, arriving on the bus, so to speak. When I started reading these books, I had no idea how much they would grab me, but yeah, I think SM might be the best book to have been published since I could read... Fantastic. Beautiful, and so sad. It did bring me to tears.
My gateway drug/book was Closing of the American Mind by Alan Bloom. Took me a bit while reading Paglia's "Sex, Art, and American Culture" to eealize that her mentor mentioned often was Harold Bloom, not Alan. By the time I realized my error I was hooked on this wacky Italian broad.
I recommend working with a librarian on a book to read because he or she would know what is the assigned literature in English departments as far as poets, novelists, and playwrights in the literary periods.
When did you read this in Tennessee last year? If you don’t mind answering. You had that moment realizing the 50 year coincidence you hadn’t before, and i actually read not this one but Outer Dark in the same area during the first week of July 2023 after some bizarre coincidences in my own life related to his books
I finished reading the book less than an hour ago, and I had to see some reviews of it online to better understand what I had missed. I was very bored by the whole thing, except from the first couple of pages. If this book had been twice as long, I seriously doubt that I would have finished it.
Reading it now :) Went to Paris a few years back looking for Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Hemingway, Morrison. City has changed a lot. Starbucks culture everywhere… Nice review though!
The way I found my copy of this book was very cool. I found a super old copy in a used book stand near the center of my hometown. It had a beautiful cover, it was so old the pages were yellow and was almost falling out at the seams. I instantly picked it up and read it in a few days, completely immersed in it. Towards the end, it was already coming apart and by the time I reached the last lines it completely gave out and all the pages spread around my bed. A very fitting manifestation of my emotional state when reading that ending. Fantastic book.
I Just finished listening to Gravity's Rainbow and your video was the first hit while looking for comradery in my appreciation of it. I enjoyed this story as just a wild caper that either moved me with stunning prose or uncomfortable Freudian contemplation. I think there is a masochistic nature in the endeavor of reading or listening to this book and through that experience I found myself reflecting on the subconscious in a way I never had with any other story. There are definitely dark subjects in this story that are not for everyone but there is also high and low brow humor and beauty. It's a pretty wild ride....
What I enjoy most about O’Connor’s writing is that she has such a knack for writing about religion from an atheist’s viewpoint. In her stories she doesn’t shy away from criticisms, contradictions and the other dark aspects of Christianity, rather she uses them openly. The characters often argue valid points AGAINST Christianity and the story itself is what’s left to redeem it. Such a fascinating perspective for a non-religious schmuck like me. Wise Blood mighttttt be my favorite novel at the moment?
