Sinossi
Un piccolo raffinato college nel Vermont. Cinque ragazzi ricchi e viziati e il loro insegnante di greco antico, un esteta che esercita sugli allievi una forte seduzione spirituale. A loro si aggiunge un giovane piccolo borghese squattrinato. In pigri weekend consumati tra gli stordimenti di alcol, droga e sottili giochi d'amore, torna a galla il ricordo di un crimine di inaudita violenza. Per nascondere il quale è ora necessario commeterne un altro ancora più spietato...
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- Pagine: 622
- Data di uscita: 09-04-2003
Recensioni
My original review of this wasn't much of anything, because I believed (and still kind of do) that everything worth saying about this book has been said. However, there are things that I believe no one should say emerging in real time, and so contributing my likely already-expressed thoughts might co Leggi tutto
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.” I have never read anything like this book in my entire life. I laid in bed for over an hour last night upon finishing this book, just tossing and turning and thinking about everything I just consumed. I still don’t think
Thank god it's over. I don't think I can surpass the review Nick wrote earlier tonight , but here goes . . . The good: --This book is well-written, at least in a certain contextless sense. There are many sentences in it (occasionally, even paragraphs) that, if taken by themselves, look like they might Leggi tutto
The first paragraph of The Secret History roughly sums up the mood of the book. In it, the narrator, Richard Papen, says that he thinks his fatal flaw is 'a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs'. If you can relate to these words, chances are you'll love The Secret History . If not, you'll Leggi tutto
Five Things About The Secret History. This is going to be a difficult book for me to talk about. I finished it days ago but I find myself a little verklempt , I’ll admit. It’s been a long time since a book has stuck with me so completely as this one, and I say that having had a quite remarkable year Leggi tutto
edit: lowering my rate to 1 star because let's face it: this was awful, and boring as fuck. please, shut the fuck up. It took me 4 months to finish this book and mostly it was because I was dealing with uni and having several mental breakdowns. Also, the second part of this book was boring as fuc
‘beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. quite the contrary. genuine beauty is always quite alarming.’ and oh, how alarmingly beautiful this story is, as all the best greek tragedies tend to be; full of sorrow and struggle, but often accompanied by pure loyalty and divine inspiration. gosh. i just… Leggi tutto
don't ask me why but i think that if this book were turned into a movie and its name was changed to fit the subject matter it'd run into copyright issues cause... it'd be A Goofy Movie. this shit was goofy. like a legitimate laugh. no idea what the purpose of this book was beyond a really weak commen Leggi tutto