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Fight Club»rank: 3831par: Chuck Palahniuk
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The only person who gets called Ballardesque more often than Chuck Palahniuk is, well... J.G. Ballard. So, does Portland, 0regon's 'torchbearer for the nihilistic generation' deserve that kind of treatment? Yes and no. There is a resemblance between Fight Club and works such as Crash and Cocaine Nights in that both see the innocuous mundanities of everyday life as nothing more than the severely loosened cap on a seething underworld cauldron of unchecked impulse and social atrocity. Welcome to the present-day U.S. of A. As Ballard's characters ... |
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Catch-22»rank: 312par: Joseph Heller
Chroniques et points de vue:From :There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters ... |
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Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon»rank: 242par: Melissa Anelli
Chroniques et points de vue:From :There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters ... |
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The Communist Manifesto»rank: 1881par: Karl Marx
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'A spectre is haunting Europe,' Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, 'the spectre of Communism.' This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, includes an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid ... |
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Constant Princess»rank: 483par: Philippa Gregory
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'A spectre is haunting Europe,' Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, 'the spectre of Communism.' This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, includes an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid ... |
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Me Talk Pretty One Day»rank: 671par: David Sedaris
Chroniques et points de vue: Audiobook Review:'lt's a pretty grim world when l can't even feel superior to a toddler.' Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. ln Me Talk Pretty 0ne Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most ... |
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames»rank: 2108par: David Sedaris
Chroniques et points de vue: Audiobook Review:'lt's a pretty grim world when l can't even feel superior to a toddler.' Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. ln Me Talk Pretty 0ne Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most ... |
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No Such Creature»rank: 5031par: Giles Blunt
Chroniques et points de vue: Audiobook Review:'lt's a pretty grim world when l can't even feel superior to a toddler.' Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. ln Me Talk Pretty 0ne Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most ... |
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Coventry»rank: 313par: Helen Humphreys
Chroniques et points de vue: Audiobook Review:'lt's a pretty grim world when l can't even feel superior to a toddler.' Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. ln Me Talk Pretty 0ne Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most ... |
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Dead Until Dark»rank: 17416par: Charlaine Harris
Chroniques et points de vue: Audiobook Review:'lt's a pretty grim world when l can't even feel superior to a toddler.' Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. ln Me Talk Pretty 0ne Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most ... |