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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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
Every teenager needs to read this novel!:
Fight Club: Self-Improvement, Self-Realization, and Self-Destruction Growing up, no matter if I succeeded or failed, I received a big hug from my mom and a little-league trophy from my dad. I grew up in a school district that continued to bash the bell curve and inflate grades until we were all winners. We learned through reward and we liked it; we were raised to win and we strove for perfection. Unfortunately, we were raised wrong. I realized this when I read Fight Club for the first time at age... more info
Fight Club - Palahnuik can do no wrong:
This book is awesome! The ending is not as great as the movies', but it gives the reader a lot to think about. At least, this is one simple girl's opinion... One for the record books.
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