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If you listen to audio books you will enjoy this classic performance by Dustin Hoffman. Perhaps you are familiar with the film based on the novel; if you are unfamiliar with the short novel itself, here's your chance to experience a truly insightful and compelling work of literature through the voic Leggi tutto

Being There, Jerzy Kosiński Being There is a satirical novel by the Polish-born writer Jerzy Kosinski, first published in 1970. Set in America, the story concerns Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought-after political pundit and commentator on the vagaries of the modern world Leggi tutto

عنوان کتاب توی انگلیسی اینه: Being There آن جا بودن این که معنای این عنوان چیه؟ و ارتباطش با داستان چیه؟ من دو تا احتمال به ذهنم می رسه. اولین احتمال ساده تره. در زبان انگلیسی به کسی که عقلش پاره سنگ بر می داره، می گن: He's not all there. آن جا نبودن، به معنای ناقص عقل بودنه و شخصیت اصلی این کتاب هم به نوع Leggi tutto

A man's past cripples him: his background turns into a swamp and invites scrutiny! I kind of wish I could start my reading of Kosiński with that title, alas, what's done it's done and nothing can change that. Sadly my first novel by the author and for over thirty years the only one was his (in)famous Leggi tutto

Kosinski's 1970 satire about a simple gardener who rises to become an influential political pundit, commentator and presidential advisor is considered a classic, and rightly so. It's especially relevant today, when the level of nonsensical wankery by our leaders or so-called celebrities has reached a Leggi tutto

Amazing book. Recommended.

Kosinski left his native Poland for his adopted American homeland in the 1950s. Being There is his first attempt, in a novel, to reflect upon the USA and its infatuation with mass media. Our focus is on an early middle-aged male named Chance. How he got this name; what Kosinski means by choosing it; Leggi tutto

کسی که گفته "ترجیح می‌دهم خوش‌شانس باشم تا یک آدم خوب" بینش عمیقی به زندگی داشته. مردم از روبرو شدن با این حقیقت که بخش عمده‌ای از حوادث زندگی به شانس بستگی داره می‌ترسند. تصور اینکه چیزهای زیادی در زندگی خارج از کنترل ما هستند هراس آوره. در مسابقه تنیس لحظاتی هست که توپ به بالای تور برخورد می‌کنه و Leggi tutto

سه چهار سال پیش توی یکی از شب‌های بد زندگیم به طور اتفاقی فیلمی رو دیدم که حالم رو از این رو به اون رو کرد. پیتر سلرز تو اون فیلم نقش باغبون بی‌نام و نشونی رو بازی می‌کرد که همه‌ی عمرش رو تو خونه‌ی یکی باغبونی کرده بود. «چنسی گاردینر» تو همه‌ی زندگیش از اون خونه بیرون نیومده بود، مریض نشده بود، چیزی Leggi tutto

Peter Sellers’s last (and best?) performance was in Being There —directed by Hal Ashby with Kosiński’s screenplay—one of my favourite American tragicomedies. The original novella compresses the meat of the movie into straightforward and simple chapters, mimicking the simple mind of Chance, the anonym Leggi tutto