Requiem for a Dream: A Novel
Autor Hubert Selby Cuvânt înainte de Darren Aronofsky, Richard Priceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 oct 1999
Over twenty years after its first publication in 1978, Requiem for a Dream makes it to the big screen in a major motion picture starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the highly acclaimed director of Pi, the movie was released in November 2000. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams. "Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists. His work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky's....To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." -- The New York Times Book Review
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ISBN-13: 9781560252481
ISBN-10: 1560252480
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 144 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 1560252480
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 144 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Notă biografică
Hubert
Selby,
Jr.,
was
a
celebrated
author
of
nine
novels,
including
the
classic
bestsellerLast
Exit
to
Brooklyn.
His
other
novels
includeRequiem
for
a
Dream,The
Room,
andThe
Demon.
Selby's
fiction,
which
was
championed
by
writers
such
as
William
S.
Burroughs
and
Allen
Ginsberg,
was
noted
for
its
gritty
portrayal
of
addiction
and
urban
despair
and
has
influenced
generations
of
authors,
artists,
and
musicians.
Born
and
raised
in
Brooklyn,
Selby
died
in
Los
Angeles
in
2004.
Recenzii
"Selby's
place
is
in
the
front
rank
of
American
novelists.
His
work
has
the
power,
the
intimacy
with
suffering
and
morality,
the
honesty
and
moral
urgency
of
Dostoevsky's.
To
understand
Selby's
work
is
to
understand
the
anguish
of
America."—The
New
York
Times
Book
Review
Descriere
Over twenty years after its first publication in 1978, Requiem for a Dream makes it to the big screen in a major motion picture starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the highly acclaimed director of Pi, the movie was released in November 2000. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams. "Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists. His work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky's....To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." -- The New York Times Book Review