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Survivor

A Novel

By Chuck Palahniuk

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| Hardcover | 9780393047028

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From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life. Tender Branson-last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult"-is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruisingContinue

From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life. Tender Branson-last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult"-is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah, author of a best-selling autobiography, Saved from Salvation, and the even better selling Book of Very Common Prayer (The Prayer to Delay Orgasm, The Prayer to Prevent Hair Loss, The Prayer to Silence Car Alarms). He'll even share his insight that "the only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," and deny responsibility for the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Landfill-a 20,000-acre repository for the nation's outdated pornography. Among other matters both bizarre and trenchant. Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night and Jerzy Kosinski's Being There has there been as black and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak, and it marks him as a blazing talent for the new millennium.

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  • Survivor

    Attenzione, perché ogni pagina di questo romanzo ti lega, ti imprigiona, svelandoti quel che ti sta negando e che ti stai negando. Iniziare a raccontare è l’ultima cosa che ha fatto Branson nella vita, prima di morire in un incidente aereo sul volo c ... (read full critics)

    sololibri published on Fri, 13 Apr 2012

  • Survivor

    Tender Branson racconta la storia della sua vita direttamente da un aereo, il Volo 2039, che sta precipitando inesorabilmente sul deserto australiano. Come in un conto alla rovescia esistenziale – le pagine ed i capitoli sono numerati all’indietro - ... (read full critics)

    mangialibri published on Sat, 18 Feb 2012

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    Very weird story. I thought the ending would be much more meaningful or big or something. Some how it was just anti-climatic for me.

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    Deanna Kyre said on Oct 3, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    I thought the entire book was amazing until the end. I wasn't very fond of the ending, which is usually my thoughts after reading a Chuck Palahniuk book, but even with me not liking the ending, I still think this is my favorite book I've ever read by him. If you like Chuck Palahniuk and haven't read ... (continue)

    I thought the entire book was amazing until the end. I wasn't very fond of the ending, which is usually my thoughts after reading a Chuck Palahniuk book, but even with me not liking the ending, I still think this is my favorite book I've ever read by him. If you like Chuck Palahniuk and haven't read this book, make sure you do.

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    Mandi Mae said on Mar 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Geniale e destabilizzante. Supera Choke, finora il mio preferito, nella rosa dei Palahniuk migliori. È incredibile quanto si possa leggere velocemente, e al tempo stesso quanto bruci il suo passaggio.

    "If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patte ... (continue)

    Geniale e destabilizzante. Supera Choke, finora il mio preferito, nella rosa dei Palahniuk migliori. È incredibile quanto si possa leggere velocemente, e al tempo stesso quanto bruci il suo passaggio.

    "If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher. What we can’t understand we call nonsense. What we can’t read we call gibberish.
    There is no free will.
    There are no variables.
    There is only the inevitable. There’s only one future. You don’t have a choice.
    The bad news is we don’t have any control.
    The good news is you can’t make any mistakes."

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    The Trash Palace said on May 5, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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