среда, 21 сентября 2011 г.

4 cockroaches

The book I've chosen had a long hard road to its readers.
It is the third Palagnuik's novel to be published, though it was his second written novel. The novel was originally supposed to be Palahniuk's first novel to be published, but it was rejected by the publisher for being too disturbing. After the success of his novel "Fight Club", "Invisible Monsters" was given a second chance, and a revised version of it was published in 1999.

вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.

3 cockroaches. A trifle of an introduction.

A couple of years ago I could say that Palahnuik is one of my favourite authors. Now I'm not so sure about it, but my attitude to his works is still rather positive. Palahnuik became my personal Rubicon to the underground universe. My literary love affair began when I watched "Fight Club." "I was impressed" - aren't quite right words to describe my feeling about this movie. I believe  it was a catharsis, the small explosion inside of me when I understood that instead of being "for" you can be "against": against the rules, against the morality, against the stereotypes, against these goddamned public opinion what you should or shouldn't do with your life.
Far and by, very soon I got the book of a hardly known to me writer who had created my unofficial Bible. It was the beginning of the end you know. I surrended to this talented guy from New Orlean.

2 cockroaches

My ideal variant of reading diary: - Hi there.
                                              - I've read the book.
                                              - Bye.
Joking. The second sentence would be enough.
                                             

1 cockroach

Dear diary, this is the first day of our acquaintance with each other. I am your creator, you are the evidence of my hopeless attempts to pretend that i can be a good student. 
I guess I should choose the book for reading. Let it be one of the Chuck Palahniuk's novels like ..."Invisible Monsters" for instance.