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Being There (Kosinski, Jerzy) - Community Reviews back

by Jerzy Kosiński
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Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer
Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer rated it 8 years ago
On my periodic exploration of the classics, I chose Being There on a whim. Not knowing what to expect I was a happily surprised by this lovely, elegantly written short story about a man who was everything to all people without being anything at all. At least that's what I got from it. I felt Being T...
travelin
travelin rated it 11 years ago
Then again, is this not just a long version of the propinquity effect, as described, it's said, in a short story about Doby Gillis? Aren't social networks a pale, frustrating and addictive replacement for simply being there?
La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it 21 years ago
Por mucho que ame al gran Peter Sellers desde que tengo memoria, voy a admitir que el libro es muchísimo mejor que la pelicula protagonizada por él.Sencillo y desopilante. Raras veces carcajeo leyendo un libro pero este me gano completamente. Bien escrito, original y, a pesar de lo bizarro de la his...
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