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Sintesi di autobiografia e satira sociale, "Bianco" è una critica tanto affilata quanto spassosa di alcune delle piaghe che affliggono il nuovo secolo: l'ipocrisia elevata a galateo, il moralismo che sostituisce il giudizio estetico, la paura di esprimere un'opinione perché si finirebbe impallinati dai «giustizieri» dei social. E se quelle di Ellis non fossero solo provocazioni (o il cahier de doléances di un «maschio bianco» inconsapevole dei suoi privilegi), ma un invito a essere più sinceri, più autentici, a pensare con la propria testa senza preoccuparsi costantemente dell'opinione degli altri? Ellis non si accontenta di interpretazioni superficiali solo perché politically correct: "Bianco" è un'indagine senza sconti nel rimosso dello spirito del tempo.
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- Pagine: 220
- Data di uscita: 15-10-2019
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Bret Easton Ellis’ first foray into nonfiction, White, is disappointingly unimpressive. Part diatribe on the current state of the political landscape, part memoir, there really isn’t much here that’s especially brilliant or worth reading. A lot of Ellis’ commentary on politics of the last few years Leggi tutto
your cranky uncle wrote a whole book about being put on blast via twitter
So wonderful to read BEE’s voice again. First, I loved the “I don’t give a shit, I’ll write only about what I want” attitude. For that in itself, this book gets 5 stars. Authentic, clear, yes of course self-centered, and it’s including some pieces that he discussed in his podcast, but that’s absolut Leggi tutto
This collection of essays is enlightening, but not in the way Bret Easton Ellis intended it to be; rather, it shows how some well-supported criticism can easily morph into an anger that dismisses all logic and measure, which is the very behavior the author wanted to attack in the first place: "And t Leggi tutto
This book has already stirred up controversy – as the author no doubt intended – but a week after reading it, I already find myself without much to say. It's a loosely-strung-together set of essays that are part cultural critique, part rant and part memoir; mostly chaotic, with some (not enough) goo Leggi tutto
Snowflakes are having epic meltdowns over this book. Although Bret Easton Ellis, the all-time provocateur, isn’t just triggering social justice warriors: he’s just voicing a very personal ‘opinion’, a notion that no longer exists in the contemporary world, a time when free speech means denouncing an Leggi tutto
Bret Easton Ellis, my dude bro-soft spot. Reread in 2024. Still 4* Re-read in 2023. I liked it better than the first time around 4* Moments of brilliance but also passages that I found quite boring and too self congratulatory. 3.5* rounded down.
Reading White felt like jumping into a cold lake and your whole being at once is wide awake, this is a certifiably FRESH new read. My meter for a really good book is when you stop page counting and get lost in the pages, I got completely lost in White, especially towards the end when Ellis just comp Leggi tutto
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