An auto-biographical masturbatory jizz fest. Lots of writers write about themselves. Lots of writers who peaked in the late 1960's through 1980's made an industry out of writing about themselves. Philip Roth and Charles Bukowski are the two that pop right to mind, but I know there are lots mor...
Jerzy Kosinski's novel 'The Devil Tree' takes place in 1970s America, a world of the Me generation, where an entire population had easy access to multiple partner sex, powerful mind-bending and sense-enhancing drugs and a plethora of self-help books ranging from jogging, diet, and speed-reading t...
This is a book that I wanted to like. I found a beaten-up copy in the bottom of a box in an office in Tokyo. The central conceit is interesting, and, as another reviewer has pointed out, the theme of the emptiness of modern culture is worthwhile and just as valid today as it was when this was fir...
Being There, Jerzy Kosińskiعنوان: بودن؛ نویسنده: یرژی کاشینسکی؛ برگردان: مهسا ملک مرزبان؛ مشخصات نشر: تهران، آموت، 1393، در 136 ص، شابک: 9786005941524؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان آمریکایی قرن 20 مرمان «بودن» درباره باغبانی چهل ساله است که پس از مرگ صاحبکارش مجبور به ترک محلی که در آن کار کرده، م...
I would describe this book as being like the diary of James Bond if he were a sociopath or like a series of Penthouse Forum letters written by George Orwell, but that would make it seem interesting. It is nothing more than a collection of fantasies and scenarios, some of them kinky, some of them...