So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I decided to start reading Palahniuk with the book that has reportedly made over 60 people faint. I can only say that this choice was so right. Gritty and insightful, Palahniuk explores the histories and circumstances of seventeen people "trapped" by their own sense of self-importance and attachment to suffering. A greusome satire of modern obsession with the concept of reality, this collection of backstory, macabre short narative and poetry has restored my faith in the existence of intelligent literature.
I first read this play after I auditioned for it, and I fell in love with it. What an amazing sense of character, the sense of...youth. That's what it's about, isn't it? There's such a connection, everyone, I assume, can relate. It's just an amazing read.
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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
LadyStardust16, July 14, 2008
I decided to start reading Palahniuk with the book that has reportedly made over 60 people faint. I can only say that this choice was so right. Gritty and insightful, Palahniuk explores the histories and circumstances of seventeen people "trapped" by their own sense of self-importance and attachment to suffering. A greusome satire of modern obsession with the concept of reality, this collection of backstory, macabre short narative and poetry has restored my faith in the existence of intelligent literature.This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
LadyStardust16, January 13, 2007
I first read this play after I auditioned for it, and I fell in love with it. What an amazing sense of character, the sense of...youth. That's what it's about, isn't it? There's such a connection, everyone, I assume, can relate. It's just an amazing read.