Define Of Books Palo Alto
| Title | : | Palo Alto |
| Author | : | James Franco |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | October 19th 2010 by Scribner (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Young Adult. Contemporary. Adult Fiction. Coming Of Age. Literature. American |
James Franco
Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.03 | 10210 Users | 1185 Reviews
Description Toward Books Palo Alto
A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection 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. In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life.
These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.
Itemize Books During Palo Alto
| Original Title: | Palo Alto |
| ISBN: | 1439163146 (ISBN13: 9781439163146) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books Palo Alto
Ratings: 3.03 From 10210 Users | 1185 ReviewsAssess Of Books Palo Alto
Cover-lust! This is a different form of cover-lust than my normal one.... I am not attracted to that cover nearly as much as the writer. The James Franco:(Honestly, I can't even explain my attraction to him. He is at once one of the strangest looking AND sexiest men, in my opinion)Anyways, his face is not the point; his writing is. Palo Alto is a very bold collection. Franco's writing style reminds me, somewhat, of Ellis' circa Less Than Zero, which in itself is not bad. I found his minimalistI'm going to have to come to the conclusion, at least based on these stories, that some of the vitriol I've heard directed towards Franco's writing is more due to the chances he gets that other writers do not. I mean, this isn't great writing, but it isn't bad by any means. It is actually pretty solid. It hit some off notes for me, sometimes tries to invoke more grit than I feel it can support, and doesn't always persuade me of the things it seems to think about itself, but it's still actually
James Franco! Yes, the good-looking Hollywood actor. Said to be one of the sexiest men alive. He is the author of this book!On the screen, you must have seen him as:- Harry Osborn the friend turns nemesis as Green Goblin of SPIDER-MAN- Tristan the lover of Isolde in the classic remake of TRISTAN AND ISOLDE- Saul Silver who supports his grandma in the retirement home by dealing drugs in the PINEAPPLE EXPRESS- Scott Smith the lover of Mayor Castro, played by Sean Penn in MILK- Aron Ralston the
I have read James Francos visionary story collection Palo Alto. It has been blurbed by such literary wonders as Amy Hempel, Susan Minot, and Ben Marcus. Franco has also studied with such authors as Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Lethem, Mona Simpson, Tony Hoagland, and others. In the collection, there is a story where a bunch of teenagers gang-rape a girl and force her into prostitution. Its okay though because shes Asian. In another story, to impress a girl the narrator says the word nigger and
I like starting a review with a quote I enjoyed, but I guess that can't happen when there literally wasn't a single sentence that made me stop and think. This was most definitely one of the worst books I have ever read and I would recommend everyone to stay clear of it if they value their time. Palo Alto tells the story of 12 American teenagers in form of 12 short stories. What attracted me to it was the mere curiosity of whether James Franco was a capable writer or if he was one of those
This collection of short stories reads like a college creative writing portfolio, and the fact that it was published at all, by a reputable publisher no less, does seem to be at least in part due to Franco's movie-star fame. It starts off with arguably the worst first line of all time: "Ten years ago, my sophomore year in high school, I killed a woman on Halloween."I can see flashes of the undoubtedly talented writer that Franco will become, but this tome just didn't seem worth the effort and
I picked this up from the dreaded "Popular Library" section of the LA Library, where I go when I am returning a book and am too lazy to go up to the stacks to look for something. I'm left to judge books by their covers, or in this case, by the name of author. Of course every book has some advanced praise for their author by some other authors you haven't heard of. Same here. But I figured if Steve Martin isn't a bad writer (note Steve Martin did not give any advanced praise to Franco, just
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