Chuck Palahniuk es reconocido por su estilo provocador y satírico, que a menudo se sumerge en los aspectos más oscuros de la sociedad moderna y la psique humana. Sus obras se caracterizan por un realismo crudo, humor negro y tramas poco convencionales que desafían al lector a confrontar las normas sociales y sus propios prejuicios. Palahniuk emplea magistralmente un lenguaje contundente y giros inesperados para crear narrativas memorables y a menudo inquietantes que perduran mucho después de la última página. Su escritura es una exploración de los extremos y los límites que nos definen.
La edición definitiva de "El club de la lucha" presenta una novela provocadora donde jóvenes oficinistas participan en peleas clandestinas para liberarse del consumismo. Tyler Durden, un anárquico genio, busca vengarse de una sociedad enferma. Desde su publicación y adaptación cinematográfica, se ha convertido en un clásico underground.
From the author of the cult sensation Fight Club (now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter) comes Survivor. "A turbo-charged, deliciously manic satire of contemporary American life." --"Newsday "The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second novel, Tender is cruising on autopilot, 39,000 feet up, dictating the whole of his life story into Flight 2039's "black box" in the final moments before crashing into the vast Australian outback. Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night has there been as dark and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Wickedly incisive and mesmerizing, Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak.
Жизнь — увлекательнее самого изощренного вымысла… Жизнь — страшнее самого потрясающего романа «ужасов»… Добро пожаловать в РЕАЛЬНЫЙ МИР! В мир легендарной «культуры поколения «Х». В мир, где обитают «интеллектуалы кайф-культуры» — актеры, писатели, рок-музыканты… В мир уютного ада хосписов, блеска и нищеты бодибилдеров и маленьких трагедий «больших парней» — рестлеров. В мир, многогранность которого превосходит самые смелые ожидания!
Medical school dropout and former sex addict Victor Mancini comes up a scam to pay for his mother's Ahzheimer care by pretending to be choking in a restaurant and coning the individuals who "save" him into giving him money
Takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once, she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school and being brought back to Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid.
Портленд, штат Орегон. Здесь, на излете "проклятых восьмидесятых" родилась дикая, неистовая грандж-культуры, подарившая миру великий рок-н-рол, гениальное кино и талантливую литературу. Для широкого круга читателей
