Author:Chuck Palahniuk Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0393327345 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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"Modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
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"A sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness."
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The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Chuck Palahniuk's outrageous and startling debut novel that exploded American literature and spawned a movement. Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with white-collar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded just as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter, and dark, anarchic genius, and it's only the beginning of his plans for violent revenge on an empty consumer-culture world.
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Modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fight club is contemporary social criticism blended with dark humor and poignant insight. The nameless faceless narrator is unsatisfied in his seemingly perfect white collar job that would gain "alumni notes" approval. Unfortunately, he harbors resentment against the repressed desires in a stifling society and he seek sanctuary in support groups for the mortally infirmed. He develops a relationship with Tyler Durden. As a respectable member of society, the narrator cannot fulfill his repressed evil desires.... more info
. The First rule of FIGHT CLUB IS You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
The Second rule of FIGHT CLUB IS You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
Big one What can I say more the typical "this is your life and it is ending one minute at a time"? I love this kind of narrative style, but what makes the book so special (apart from the mentioned style) is the philosophical message it carries. I was too young when I saw the movie, but when you get a mainstream job, you clearly feel in in your flesh: you are not special. So accept it and let things happen. Obviously, there is no need to follow Tyler's path and set up a fight club. People just need to focus and... more info
A sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness. Here's a word to describe the pervasive resonance this story has enjoyed. Confrontational. Fight Club is a pugnacious challenge to examine your life, in the form of a blunt instrument. If you want to get peoples attention these days, best be prepared to bludgeon them upside the head. We the ADD generations have no time for study and meditation. You have 5 seconds to deliver the message in an original and exciting way. Check and check. Take a massively concentrated answer to the existential... more info
