In Libreria
Sinossi
Jimenez porta nuovamente in libreria tre romanzi: Gente di notte, Alzati e cammina e Baby Cat-Face. Ripubblicati negli Stati Uniti nel 2019 in un unico volume - Notti del Sud - sono i romanzi che lettori e critica hanno più amato: per il susseguirsi incalzante degli eventi; per il loro mix di brutalità e tenerezza, di peccato e redenzione; per la pungente ironia; per come l'orrore convive con l'autentica umanità e bellezza dei personaggi, per quello che questi personaggi fanno e soprattutto per quello che dicono. I protagonisti di questa raccolta non fanno altro che parlare: e sono proprio i dialoghi l'indiscusso punto di forza di Gifford, incalzanti e sorprendenti. Come dice uno dei personaggi di Gente di notte: «Prima salvati la pelle non è mai stato il mio motto».
- ISBN: 8832036177
- Casa Editrice: Jimenez
- Pagine: 452
- Data di uscita: 18-06-2020
Recensioni
A compendium which includes Night People, Arise and Walk and Baby Cat Face - all the books are roughly the same but still dead entertaining. Basically consists of all these weird Southern characters getting either bumped of or prevailing. Pretty funny too, which I never say about books.
Fun pulpy existentialism. Although somewhat repetitive, I like Barry’s formula of wake up, fuck and get fucked, then die in a blaze of violence. This book taught me that some people drink whiskey with milk and you can be killed by a wasp flying into your ear.
Barry Gifford's Night People was my first purchase from Amazon.com, sometime during the late 90s. I recall reading the slim 192-page novel seated in a booth across from my mother and grandmother while eating lunch at our local Red Lobster. Night People quickly became one of my favorite books; I drea Leggi tutto
A disappoinitng read. Gifford knows how to introduce characters, place them in context, and write a quick backstory for each, but he doesn't know how to write to a story arc. The three novels contained in this collection are more like unfinished experiments, and the reader is ultimately left unsatis Leggi tutto
Trilogy that includes Barry’s books: Night People, Arise & Walk, and Baby Cat-Face. Of the three novels, Night People was my favorite. All the stories feature southern weirdos & degenerates. Sailor & Lula from Wild At Heart are introduced. Loved this book.
Maybe spoilers ahead. I’m including two quotes to give the tone of the book which is grotesque, gruesome, sexual southern gothic and hilarious. After a quarter way through you find what happens to the characters funny because it is completely over the top. Worth a read if you have the stomach. “She l Leggi tutto
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