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Indlæser... Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World (2008)af Bernard-Henri Lévy, Michel Houellebecq
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. My rating will tend to cling to the Houellebecq sections as I find BHL ever-dull and prone to posing beyond his depth. Cher H's diatribes against contemporary public spaces (bubbles of enforced conformity between private residences) and the stench of political participation (leave it to the users, darling) are gripping reading and his recollections of his father and his childhood are quick to unsettle. ( ) This is a book about the tensions between honesty, truth and fame. It is also a firework display of insight. Unfortunately the publishers believe that presenting the dialogue as a fight might make it more interesting to readers. There is no fight here. There is a cordial exchange of ideas. BHL and MH reveal a lot about themselves and this might satisfy their admirers or detractors, but they also discuss literature, philosophy, fame, writing, cinema, life, death - the whole panoply - and they do it with style, wit and intelligence. Great fun for truth seekers. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML:The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States??two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their enemies in an unforgettable exchange of letters. In one corner, Bernard-Henri Lévy, creator of the classic Barbarism with a Human Face, dismissed by the media as a wealthy, self-promoting, arrogant do-gooder. In the other, Michel Houellebecq, bestselling author of The Elementary Particles, widely derided as a sex-obsessed racist and misogynist. What began as a secret correspondence between bitter enemies evolved into a remarkable joint personal meditation by France??s premier literary and political live wires. An instant international bestseller, Public Enemies has now been translated into English for all lovers of superb insights, scandalous opinions, and iconoclastic ideas. In wicked, wide-ranging, and freewheeling letters, the two self-described ??whipping boys? debate whether they crave disgrace or secretly have an insane desire to please. Lévy extols heroism in the face of tyranny; Houellebecq sees himself as one who would ??fight little and badly.? Lévy says ??life does not ??live??? unless he can write; Houellebecq bemoans work as leaving him in such ??a state of nervous exhaustion that it takes several bottles of alcohol to get out.? There are also touching and intimate exchanges on the existence of God and about their own families. Dazzling, delightful, and provocative, Public Enemies is a death match between literary lions, remarkable men who find common ground, confident that, in the end (as Lévy puts Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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