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Palo Alto, English Edition

B-Format
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
224 Seiten
Englisch
Faber & Fabererschienen am04.08.2011
Traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextTraces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.
ZusammenfassungEine Gruppe Teenager experimentiert in Palo Alto mit Lastern und Untugenden aller Art. Ihre Tage sind geprägt von Auseinandersetzungen, mit ihren Familien und untereinander. Sie sind selbstzerstörerisch, herzlos und nihilistisch. Verstörendes, eindrucksvolles und mitfühlendes Porträt der Grauzonen des Erwachsenwerdens einer Generation, ein Blick in die raue Welt der Jugend.From acclaimed Hollywood actor/director James Franco comes Palo Alto, a stunning work of fiction - the coming-of-age of a whole generation. Now a major motion picture.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-571-27318-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2011
Erscheinungsdatum04.08.2011
Seiten224 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht186 g
Artikel-Nr.10318221
Rubriken
GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
"[Franco] ends up perfectly mirroring the undulations of a teenage mind."--"The New York Times Book Review"mehr

Autor

James Franco grew up in the northern California town of Palo Alto. He is an actor, director, screenwriter and artist. His film appearances include Milk, Pineapple Express, the Spider-Man trilogy, Howl, Oz the Great and Powerful, Spring Breakers, and This Is The End.
He received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance in 127 Hours.

On television, he starred in the critically acclaimed series Freaks and Geeks and won the Golden Globe award for his portrayal of James Dean in the bio-pic of the actor's life.

He has written and directed the films, The Broken Tower and an adaptation of Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

Franco has presented his visual art at galleries in America and Europe, including Psycho Nacirema at London's Pace Gallery.

His writing has appeared in Esquire, the Wall Street Journal and McSweeney's. He has an MFA from Brooklyn College and has studied in the creative writing MFA programme at Columbia and the film MFA programme at New York University. and is completing a PHD at Yale University.

His collection of stories, Palo Alto, was published in 2011, and his novel, Actors Anonymous in 2013.