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Survivor

By Chuck Palahniuk, Paul Michael Garcia (Narrator)

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| Audio CD | 9780786168774

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From the author of the cult sensation Fight Club (now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter) comes Survivor.

"A turbo-charged, deliciously manic satire of contemporary American life." --Newsday

"The only difference betweContinue

From the author of the cult sensation Fight Club (now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter) comes Survivor.

"A turbo-charged, deliciously manic satire of contemporary American life." --Newsday

"The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second novel, Tender is cruising on autopilot, 39,000 feet up, dictating the whole of his life story into Flight 2039's "black box" in the final moments before crashing into the vast Australian outback.

Not since Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night has there been as dark and telling a satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world. Wickedly incisive and mesmerizing, Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak.

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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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