Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories - Brossura

Eisenberg, Jesse

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ISBN 10: 1611855608 ISBN 13: 9781611855609

Casa editrice: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015

Riassunto

Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories is the whip-smart fiction debut of Academy Award-nominated actor and star of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg. Known for his iconic film roles but also for his regular pieces in the New Yorker and his two critically acclaimed plays, Eisenberg is an emerging voice in fiction. Taking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups moves from contemporary L.A. to the dormrooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. United by Eisenberg's gift for humour and character, and grouped into chapters that each open with an illustration by award-winning cartoonist Jean Jullien, the witty pieces collected in Bream Gives Me Hiccups explore what it means to navigate the modern world, and mark the arrival of a fantastically funny, self-ironic, witty and original voice.

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Tell your "Social Network!" The actor is writing a book. Move over, James Franco - Jesse Eisenberg is the newest young thespian to enter the writing ring. --USA Today
The latest literary star in the making is The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg. --New York Observer
Eisenberg is truly a talented writer. Hilarious and poignant. --Entertainment Weekly
Jesse Eisenberg's hysterical and exciting stories... Capture the ridiculous, inappropriate and tender relationships between single mothers and their children with an honesty that will bring tears of laughter to your eyes. --Heather O'Neill
Brilliantly witty, deeply intelligent, and just plain hilarious... --Sherman Alexie
A remarkable book by an immensely talented writer. --Andy Borowitz
Jesse Eisenberg writes with formidable intellect and verbal dexterity... You'll want to give his debut collection 2000 out of 2000 stars. --Teddy Wayne
I've been a fan of Jesse Eisenberg's plays for years and his prose is just as winning... Hilarious, poignant and at times so self-deprecating it makes me want to give Jesse a hug. He's taken decades of neurosis and spun it into comedy gold. --Simon Rich
Jesse Eisenberg is a deeply original comic voice. These stories are about the funniness, sadness, and strangeness of everyday life and they really made me laugh. --Roz Chast

L'autore:

Jesse Eisenberg is an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is also a celebrated playwright: his first play was nominated for a Drama League Award and his most recent play The Revisionist played off-Broadway and starred Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave. He regularly writes for the New Yorker.

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• Editore: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1611855608
• ISBN 13: 9781611855609
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288