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Автор: Franco James
Название: Palo Alto: Stories
Перевод названия: Истории Пало Альто
ISBN: 9781439163146
Издательство: Scribner Book Company
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Модернистская и современная художественная литература

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ISBN-10: 1439163146
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 208
Вес: 0.31 кг.
Дата издания: 19.10.2010
Язык: English
Размер: 220 x 166 x 21
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.

Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Francos collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In Lockheed a young womans summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In American History a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner--only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In I Could Kill Someone, a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bullys own inner life.

These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.

Palo Alto: Stories, Franco James