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 Fight Club: A Novel :: 0393327345
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| The only person who gets called Ballardesque more often than Chuck Palahniuk is, well... J.G. Ballard. So, does Portland, Oregon'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 get their jollies from staging automobile accidents, Palahniuk's yuppies unwind from a day at the office by organizing bloodsport rings and selling soap to fund anarchist overthrows. Let's just say that neither of these guys are going to be called in to do a Full House script rewrite any time soon. But while the ingredients are the same, Ballard and Palahniuk bake at completely different temperatures. Unlike his British counterpart, who tends to cast his American protagonists in a chilly light, holding them close enough to dissect but far enough away to eliminate any possibility of kinship, Palahniuk isn't happy unless he's first-person front and center, completely entangled in the whole sordid mess. An intensely psychological novel that never runs the risk of becoming clinical, Fight Club is about both the dangers of loyalty and the dreaded weight of leadership, the desire to band together and the compulsion to head for the hills. In short, it's about the pride and horror of being an American, rendered in lethally swift prose. Fight Club's protagonist might occasionally become foggy about who he truly is (you'll see what I mean), but one thing is for certain: you're not likely to forget the book's author. Never mind Ballardesque. Palahniukian here we come! --Bob Michaels Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
One of the greatest book I ever read!.
Either you have seen the movie or not, you ought to give a look at it.
You won't regret it.
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Author: Guest
"Fight club" is an amazing book of it's time. "Fight club" is about the narrator, an unnamed character who struggles with his growing discomfort with consumerism and changes in the state of masculinity in American culture. In an attempt to overcome this, he creates an underground boxing club as a radical form of psychotherapy. The way Chuck Palahnuik portrays this struggle is mind-blowing. He narrates as if he was an ordinary guy with a wacked-out life. For those who love an easy read, this book is for you. If you like books that pick at the brain, making you go "wtf" by the end of the book, this book is for you. When you pick up this book, you won't be able to put it down. Those who have seen the movie, should read the book. Those who haven't seen the movie but want to see it, read the book first because this is where it all started. If you want my honest opinion, this book is one of the best books I have ever read, going up there with books, like Watership Down, or the Harry Potter series. THIS IS A MUST READ!!!
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Author: Guest
I was so surprised by the ending I had to read it again. Everything in the book suddenly had a different meaning. Perfectly orchestrated.
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Author: Guest
This book is poetry. I can't add much more than what has already been said, in terms of message or analysis. What I do know, however, is that this is one of the most important books of our generation. One day, it will be taught in high school English classes, going Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, and then Fight Club. I'm not sure if there is a higher compliment that can be given. The significance of the book's message should not be dismissed.
And even if it is, Palahnuik's literary style cannot be. It is unmistakable. It is fluid. It is transcending. His use of chorus lines make the book such a quick read that you'll finish it in a day. You'll find yourself repeating them in your head six months after you've read the book, long after you've forgotten the petty details. I think that's what makes the book so special. We are all 'Jack's inflamed sense of rejection' and it's been too long since anyone really put that into words.
Anyways, this book is pretty damn special and everyone ought to read it.
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Author: Guest
I saw fight club on TV before I even knew it was a book, and when I started reading it I thought knowing the ending would ruin the book. But it was the complete opposite. I liked the book even more because I was able to pick on little details I would have only seen on a re-read. The movie and the book are very similar because it's a short book, so not much had to be cut out.
I would highly recommend this book, Chuck Palahniuk has an interesting writing style where he will start with the end of a chapter and then use the rest of the chapter explain how they got there. The other notable thing about Chuck's writing style is the dialogue, and how important quote marks are, people will think something while having a conversation and then move right on to saying something else and its easy to get lost with something someone said and what they thought. Other than that a great quick read that's fascinating.
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