Bright Shiny Morning - Couverture rigide

Frey, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0061573132 ISBN 13 : 9780061573132

Editeur : Harper, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Frey James

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Frey clearly has a knack for telling tales - this story of interweaving, never-meeting strangers in LA is an engrossing read' (The Times)

'Frey has produced a novel that is defiant in both its grammatical rebellion and its fierce pace' (Observer)

'He turns clichés into characters robust enough to carry this 500-page Californian odyssey' (Guardian)

'[It] pays little heed to conventional syntax, thus creating a beguiling momentum of its own, propelled by raw emotion and energy ... this compulsive novel is testament that good fiction can reveal powerful emotional truths' (Independent on Sunday)

'This dazzling novel focuses on a crazy cross section of the city's fictional characters' (Look Magazine)

'All the characters are cleverly juxtaposed against the history and atmosphere of Los Angeles itself ... a riveting and hugely enjoyable read: rushy, entertaining and appealing' (Sunday Business Post)

'For fans of gritty modern writing, this fast and fascinating story paints a portrait of the Los Angeles that Hollywood films and TV dramas rarely show' (Bella)

'The gritty, gloriousness of James Frey's writing will suck you in ... one of our favourites already!' (U Magazine)

Praise for James Frey: (.)

James Frey's utterly mesmerising account ... [is] easily the most remarkable non-fiction book about drugs and drug taking since Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... As a memoir, it is almost mythic. You can imagine it made epic by Martin Scorsese, the auteur of wayward American maleness in all its extremity ... Utterly compulsive (Observer)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers his first novel—a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original.

Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home.

Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061573132
• ISBN 13: 9780061573132
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512