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S'està carregant… The Secret History (1992)de Donna Tartt
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This is one of my favorite books EVER. I was a Classics major and just fell in love with the tight knit group and the intrigue. Fantastic writing! ( ![]() Lost interest at 11%. Boring. I took off a star simply because I hate Richard Papen so much, but this was an incredible book to sift through. The world of "dark academia" is divisive and it's an either "you love it" or "you hate it" area, and I've found that it centers on how well people can put up with pretentiousness. The Secret History works as a sort of satire in this respect, where the prose is beautiful and flowery whereas the characters are unhinged, dumb as fuck, and absolutely ridiculous. The juxtaposition of Richard analyzing the morality of committing murder while he snorts c*caine in a Burger King parking lot and pretends that he's better than anyone else at his preppy college is laughable. His only qualm with his friends holding a bacchanal and getting into horrible trouble is that they didn't invite him too. It's kind of what I love about this genre. Academia is often an isolating and gate-keeping world, and to see it presented in such glowing terms while also revealing how absurd the reality is keeps me thoroughly entertained. Also, Judy Poovy supremacy. She is the best character. Goo book. Dragged for a bit. 4th 5th drags a bit but very well written and smart - jag ancient Greek studies students in Vermont-- a modern day Greek tragedy
As a ferociously well-paced entertainment, ... "The Secret History" succeeds magnificently. Forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled, "The Secret History" achieves just what Ms. Tartt seems to have set out to do: it marches with cool, classical inevitability toward its terrible conclusion. Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsGoldmann (42943)
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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![]() GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:![]()
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