Podziemny krąg jest pierwszą opublikowaną powieścią amerykańskiego autora Chucka Palahniuka. Fabuła koncentruje się wokół bezimiennego narratora, który toczy walkę ze swoim dyskomfortem, wywołanym przez konsumpcjonizm i wzór mężczyzny zagnieżdżony w amerykańskiej kulturze. Próbując się temu przeciwstawić, w ramach …
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible …
Rozbitek jest drugą opublikowaną powieścią Chucka Palahniuka. Satyra konsumpcjonistycznej kultury, jest historią Tendera Bransona, byłego członka Kościoła Wyznawców, wymarłej sekty, w której każdy wyznawca uczy się, jak być służącym − wielu z nich jest lokajami lub pokojówkami − oraz strachu przed ludzkimi …
Carl Streator is a reporter investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for a soft-news feature. After responding to several calls with paramedics, he notices that all the dead children were read the same poem from the same library book the night before they died. It's a 'culling song' - an ancient African spell for …
Invisible Monsters is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1999. It is his third novel to be published, though it was his second written novel. The novel was originally supposed to be Palahniuk's first novel to be published, but it was rejected by the publisher for being too disturbing. After the success of his …
Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, she’s now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesn’t stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile …
Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. Theyâre told by people who have answered an ad for a writerâs retreat and unwittingly joined a âSurvivorâ-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales …
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories is a non-fiction book by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2004. It is a collection of essays, stories, and interviews written for various magazines and newspapers. Some of the pieces had also been previously published on the internet. The book is divided into three sections: "People …