Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basement of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.
Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in support of Diary, Chuck began reading a short story entitled 'Guts,' which would eventually become part of the novel Haunted.
In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestselling Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently, Doomed.
Chuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to ChuckPalahniuk.net on the craft of writing. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. (all 36 of these essays can currently be found on The Cult's sister-site, LitReactor.com).
Then, in 2009, Chuck increased his involvement by committing to read and review a selection of fan-written stories each month. The best stories are currently set to be published in Burnt Tongues, a forthcoming anthology, with an introduction written by Chuck himself.
His next novel, Beautiful You, is due out in October 2014.
罗豫/文 每代人都有每代人的青春,每一代的青春大都有相对应的青春文学。一代人年华老去之时,那些没有随之褪色的青春文学,成为时间轴上一个个醒目的坐标,甚至成为后人解读这个时代的关键材料。文学的时代性和永恒性在这里得到了某种统一:真正时代的就会成为永恒。有过《...
评分认同感及其他 ——《搏击俱乐部》 1. 极少有小说像《搏击俱乐部》那样给人如此诡异的感觉。捧在手里,它是如此之轻——这倒可以轻易做到,不过是采用印刷纸张的缘故罢了——但很少有小说会像它那么有力量,读完后让你想脱掉上衣,找个陌生人打上一架,尝尝那种拳拳见血的感觉,...
评分认同感及其他 ——《搏击俱乐部》 1. 极少有小说像《搏击俱乐部》那样给人如此诡异的感觉。捧在手里,它是如此之轻——这倒可以轻易做到,不过是采用印刷纸张的缘故罢了——但很少有小说会像它那么有力量,读完后让你想脱掉上衣,找个陌生人打上一架,尝尝那种拳拳见血的感觉,...
评分 评分老文~:) 你有理想吗? 你的理想是什么? 你是否正在努力实现自己的理想? 你还有多久才能实现自己的理想? 你的理想实现以后你会做什么? Fight Club doesn't give a fuck because the world doesn't give a fuck 爱是否能挽救所有的东西? :D 是否觉得书中的那些太空猴子...
纪念第一次完整读完一本英文小说!
评分destroy and exist
评分better than the movie
评分断断续续终于读完了,第一本非教科书的全英文书,炯炯
评分英文小说只读过这本还有安妮.赖斯的各种吸血鬼系列(☆_☆)
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