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Manufacturer: Harper
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061573132
ISBN: 0061573132
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Studio: Harper
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One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers his first novel—a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original. Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home. Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.
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Summary: i disagree with a lot of these recommendations
Comment: I read this large read in only a few days and thought that it was beautifully written. The characters were precise, unique and captivating even characters who only made it in for a few sentences.
I am a fan of James Freys style of writing and he really brings it home with this one.
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Summary: Wrong Title For A Fairly Depressing Book
Comment: James Frey is a very talented writer. His style is identifiable, and some of his writing is annoying. He oftentimes writes in run on sentences. And he loves repeating phrases within a sentence to make a point. But, he knows how to write characters and how to make them completely believable.
The main characters in this book are fully developed. There are four story lines that weave their way throughout the book never intersecting. Yet in between their stories, theres about a hundred pages of information both about Los Angeles, and about the types of people who are drawn their.
Los Angeles is as much a character as any of the people. It destroys, adulates, taunts and seduces hundreds of people from all walks of life from all over the world.
I wish after he made his point about L.A., that he would have focused more on the main characters and less on random stories. Especially ones that were about nameless, generic people.
That said, I'm a fan.
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Summary: it doesn't get worse than this
Comment: Bad, bad, bad. 100% bad. Terrible writing. Not a sentence worth reading on any page. On any page. On any page.
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Summary: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
Comment: I devoured Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey. Having lived in Santa Monica in the early 80's, I liked how he wove interesting facts about LA and the surrounding communities throughout the book. People unfamiliar with the area could find it annoying, since there was fact after fact, but I enjoyed the book and look forward to his next one.
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Summary: The World as Duped or Entertained?
Comment: Months after the book's release, I am writing a review. The reason for this prolonged response is my skepticism in reading another one of Frey's books. It took me this long to decide to even read the book for obvious reasons.
Somehow the world was duped by James Frey. There is an uneasiness in that, an unacceptability in the unfolding of Frey's story. Our righteousness, our ethics tell us he is not worthy as a result of his major faux pax. Does this "San Andreas Fault Line" crack in the foundation entirely erase the fact that his writing is remarkable, even unforgettable?
Therefore, we must look beyond his untruths in his debut, "A Million Little Pieces," which was an extraordinary piece of literature, fiction or non-fiction. He is a compelling writer, one cannot dispute from the frenzy created even before the truth emerged, in his first and very controversial work.
I didn't want to give him credence either, and didn't run to pick up this book as a result. However, when thought through, credence isn't a requirement for reading his books, and that's the bottom line. His books, fragmented or not, true or not, literary genius or not, are, whether we like it or not, definitively unputdownable. There warrants the only reason why one should read his book(s), and discounts the many other reasons not to.
He is a gifted writer, who just happens to have had a major character flaw unveiled upon the world like a "bright shiny morning" for all to see.
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