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Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor
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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... show more
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780385498722 (0385498721)
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
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johanpatricksy
johanpatricksy rated it
4.0 Survivor
I LOVE IT! I REALLY LOVE IT!I find the ending similar with the Fight Club. :D
Shiftyj1
Shiftyj1 rated it
5.0 Survivor (Digital Audio)
The survivor of a religious cult tells his life story to the “black box” of a hijacked airplane bound straight for hell (or maybe Arizona). Told only as Chuck Palahniuk can. This story is extremely twisted and somehow retains its brilliance throughout. There I so much going on and so many turns in t...
Ana V.
Ana V. rated it
4.0 Survivor
This was my first Palahniuk book, and it sure won't be the last. Really good writing, exquisite and fine, but brutal and unforgiving, it portrays a human being in its worst times, with its worst thoughts. It's half exciting and half maddening. Which makes it, obviously, a good book! I am currently o...
Stephanie Spines
Stephanie Spines rated it
4.0 Survivor: A Novel
Better than Pygmy, Snuff, Tell All, Damned, Haunted (except Guts). Worse than Fight Club, Choke and Invisible Monsters. Formulaic? Duh. Awesome? Yes!I have read most of Palahniuk's writing and I think this one, as noted above, is definitely in my top 5 favourites. It is classically Palahniuk in...
oh the guilt
oh the guilt rated it
2.0 Survivor
Yea but no but... can't really remember much which is always telling. But I'm sure you can spend your time doing something more fruitful.I don't really know what - if anything - is bugging Chuckie but it sure seems like he wants people to see him as a weirdo. Begs the question: why? Is he just anoth...
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