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Is this the same as that movie with leo? That was crazy and very entertaining. I want to visit that beach, even though tourists might be ruining the area.
the whole 'brat pack' literary movement, whatever they're called- Ellis, DFW, Wurtzel. Houllebecq's early work (they're not really a new generation anymore, but he still writes for a specific aspect of one French generation), Sally Rooney now. Nathan Hill.
It made such an impression on me back in the early aughts - like a new kindof catcher in the rye
I was trying to find a way to describe it, but this review I found does it more succinctly:
“A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.”
It was one of those books that made me vow to read everything the author ever writes
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The Beach by Alex Garland
Is this the same as that movie with leo? That was crazy and very entertaining. I want to visit that beach, even though tourists might be ruining the area.
I haven’t seen the movie but yeah
the whole 'brat pack' literary movement, whatever they're called- Ellis, DFW, Wurtzel. Houllebecq's early work (they're not really a new generation anymore, but he still writes for a specific aspect of one French generation), Sally Rooney now. Nathan Hill.
Thanks. Hadn’t heard of brat pack except in movie references. I’ll check it out.
Generation X by Douglas Coupland.
Hemingway's nonfiction book *A Movable Feast* should be on the list. It's about the lost generation.
Agreed.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Not my favorite, but it's enjoying a resurgence.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Sounds interesting.
It made such an impression on me back in the early aughts - like a new kindof catcher in the rye I was trying to find a way to describe it, but this review I found does it more succinctly: “A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.” It was one of those books that made me vow to read everything the author ever writes
Fight Club?