The Deer Park: A Novel
Amid the cactus wilds some two hundred miles from Hollywood lies a privileged oasis called Desert D`Or. It is a place for starlets, directors, studio execs, and the well-groomed lowlifes who cater to them. And, as imagined by Norman Mailer in this blistering classic, Desert D`Or is a moral proving ground, where men and women discover what they really want--and how far they are willing to go to get it. As Mailer traces their couplings and uncouplings, their uneasy flirtation with success and self-extinction, he creates a legendary portrait of America`s machinery of desire. Praise for The Deer Park 'A scathing portrayal of Hollywood . . . studded with brilliant and illuminating passages.'--The New York Times Book Review 'A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent . . . [Mailer] drives us up and down The Deer Park at breakneck speed. It is a trip through unfamiliar country, for a time funny and then unnerving.'--The New Yorker 'Savage . . . brilliant . . . exhilarating.'--The Atlantic Monthly 'Entertaining and wise . . . In addition to his furious energy and true ear, Mailer is simpatico with humanity . . . on a level rare in American fiction.'--The New Republic Praise for Norman Mailer '[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.'--The New York Times 'A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.'--The New Yorker 'Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.'--The Washington Post 'A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.'--Life 'Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.'--The New York Review of Books 'The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.'--Chicago Tribune 'Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf [...]
- Autor: Norman Mailer
- Wydawnictwo: Random House
- Rok wydania: 2015
- Okładka: miękka
- Liczba stron: 384
- Wymiary: 13.4 x 20.7 x 3.3 cm
- Język: Angielski
- ISBN: 9780812986150