Chuck Palahniuk Livres

Sur le plus haut building du monde, deux hommes, Tyler Durden et le narrateur, sont sur le point d'exploser dans dix minutes. En flashback, un jeune cadre raconte ses errances entre avions et sa vie à examiner des voitures pour un constructeur. Bien qu'il soit en bonne santé, il fréquente divers groupes thérapeutiques, s'immergeant dans le malheur des autres pour retrouver le sommeil, jusqu'à croiser Marla, une sadomasochiste partageant la même imposture. Sa rencontre avec Tyler Durden, créateur des fight clubs, est encore plus bouleversante. Ces lieux où de jeunes Américains se battent à mains nues cherchent peut-être à donner un sens à leur existence dans un monde consumériste où "la douleur est la vérité, l'unique vérité". Pour Durden, cependant, il faut aller bien plus loin. Trois ans après sa sortie aux États-Unis, ce premier roman de Chuck Palahniuk, à l'origine du film controversé réalisé par David Fincher, est enfin traduit. Le livre se révèle plus dérangeant, cynique et déjanté que le film, évoquant des thèmes similaires à ceux de Bret Easton Ellis dans American Psycho, tout en dénonçant un monde en impasse. Plus qu'une simple lecture, c'est une expérience, déjà un titre culte, récompensé par le prix de la Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association en 1996.

Victor Mancini est figurant dans un " musée vivant " où le moindre anachronisme est puni par la mise au pilori avec suspension de salaire. Il est sexoolique, drogué du sexe en thérapie verbale, incapable d'aimer. Son meilleur ami se promène avec des cailloux enroulés dans des couvertures et sa mère, folle à lier, le ruine sans jamais reconnaître en lui le fils dont elle a ravagé l'enfance... Pour quelles raisons ? Où se niche véritablement la folie ? Pourquoi Victor continue-t-il de se faire vomir publiquement dans des restaurants chics et qui saura lui révéler l'incroyable secret de sa naissance ? Un livre de Palahniuk ne se résume pas, c'est déjanté, subversif et incroyablement lucide.

Vingt-trois apprentis écrivains sont rassemblés par l’énigmatique M. Whittier pour accoucher de leur chef-d’œuvre. Mais ce qui était censé être un havre de sérénité se révèle un implacable piège. À la fin de leur séjour ils auront tous une histoire à raconter mais certainement pas celle qu’ils imaginaient…

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a"kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more. Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider This is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more. Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider this is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.

Features a catwalk model who has everything but when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.

From the author of the cult sensation Fight Club (now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter) comes Survivor. "A turbo-charged, deliciously manic satire of contemporary American life." --"Newsday "The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second novel, Tender is cruising on autopilot, 39,000 feet up, dictating the whole of his life story into Flight 2039's "black box" in the final moments before crashing into the vast Australian outback. Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night has there been as dark and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Wickedly incisive and mesmerizing, Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak.

Rant is an oral history centered on Buster 'Rant' Casey, featuring voices from friends, enemies, admirers, and detractors who share their perspectives on this complex character. Born in a small town, Rant seeks real thrills beyond the confines of video games and movies. His unconventional lifestyle includes a penchant for rabies and seeking the effects of black widow spider bites. A high school rebel, he escapes to the city, where he becomes a leader in an urban demolition derby known as Party Crashing. Participants, identifiable by their uniquely decorated cars, engage in a chaotic game of stalking and crashing into each other during designated times and areas. Amidst this violent nightlife, Rant forms deep connections with three friends. Following his untimely death, these friends compile testimonies that reveal the impact of Rant's life, including allegations that his saliva caused a rabies outbreak in the city. This plague, however, serves as a catalyst for liberation, allowing his peers to break free from mundane routines. Expect a blend of humor, horror, and profound insights into the surreal aspects of contemporary life, delivered with the unique style of Chuck Palahniuk, who continues to push boundaries in modern literature.

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret—a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same. At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs, The Stepford Wives is a novel so frightening in its final implications that the title itself has earned a place in the American lexicon.