Brightness falls
- 415 stránek
- 15 hodin čtení
A novel about men and women confronting their sudden middle age with wit and low behaviour, or fear and confusion, or honesty and decency. None of them would ever be the same again.
Callowayská trilogie Série
Tato série sleduje vzestupy a pády ambiciózních jedinců v prostředí divokého finančního světa a literárního nakladatelství. Zachycuje životy, které se odehrávají na pozadí zlaté horečky v New Yorku osmdesátých let, kde se střetává touha po úspěchu s morálními kompromisy. Příběhy zkoumají, jak honba za bohatstvím a slávou ovlivňuje mezilidské vztahy a osobní integritu. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na pronikavý pohled do lidské povahy, kde se statečnost a zranitelnost snoubí s občasnou upřímností.
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The Good Life
- 371 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
James Frey reviews Jay McInerney's career, highlighting the lasting impact of his debut, *Bright Lights, Big City*, released in 1984. While McInerney has experienced both highs and lows in his writing journey, he remains a prominent figure in New York, though many outside the city have forgotten his later works. Frey draws parallels between McInerney and F. Scott Fitzgerald, noting their early successes and struggles with public expectations. Unlike Fitzgerald, who wrote *The Great Gatsby*, McInerney has navigated personal challenges and continues to produce significant work. His latest novel, *The Good Life*, is described as his best since his debut, depicting two Manhattan couples during the aftermath of September 11. Luke and Sasha, affluent socialites, and Russell and Corrine, a literary editor and his wife, are depicted as disillusioned and trapped in their lives. As they volunteer at a soup kitchen near Ground Zero, they find love and hope amidst their struggles. The narrative explores themes of marriage, parenthood, and the search for meaning, reflecting McInerney's personal experiences. Frey appreciates the vulnerability and strength in McInerney's writing, suggesting that he is beginning to reveal the depth of his talent, reminiscent of what Fitzgerald could have achieved had he lived longer.
This unforgettable New York story of glamour, sex, ambition, and heartbreak begins in the heady days before the financial crash. Russell and Corrine Calloway seem to be living the dream: a calendar filled with high-society parties; jobs they care about and enjoy; twin children, a boy and a girl whose birth was truly miraculous; a loft in TriBeCa and summers in the Hamptons. But beneath the glossy surfaces, things are simmering. Russell, editor-in-chief of a boutique publisher, has cultural clout but is on the edge financially, and feels compelled to pursue an audacious—and potentially ruinous—opportunity. Meanwhile, Corrine’s world is turned upside down when the man with whom she’d had an ill-fated affair in the wake of 9/11 suddenly reappears, and the Calloways find themselves tested more severely than they ever could have imagined. The third book in McInerney’s celebrated Calloway trilogy, Bright, Precious Days is an aching, extraordinary portrait of a marriage during a period of dizzying change.