Palo Alto, English edition - Franco, James
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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…mehr

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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.
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Franco, James
James Franco is an acclaimed actor, director, artist, and writer. His film appearances include 127 Hours, Milk, Pineapple Express, Oz the Great and Powerful, Spring Breakers, and the Spider-Man trilogy. Franco has written and directed several films, and his visual art has been featured in solo shows in Los Angeles and New York. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, McSweeney's, and other publications. Franco has an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Besprechung von 22.04.2012

Literatur Muss man noch erklären, wer James Franco ist? Dass er malt, Regie führt, Schauspieler ist, für Gucci geworben hat, Doktorand in Yale ist? Dass er, inzwischen 34, schon vor zwei Jahren auch einen Band mit Erzählungen veröffentlicht hat, "Palo Alto", der jetzt auf Deutsch erscheint (Bastei-Lübbe, 16,99 Euro)? Muss man nicht; man kann aber mal sagen, dass diese Geschichten klar und einfach sind, dass sie von Jugendlichen handeln, also von Alkohol, Dope, Sex, Frust, Langeweile und all dem, was halt so zum Coming-of-age gehört, dass sie ohne jede prätentiöse Verrenkung und ohne den brutalen Humorwillen von Highschool-Komödien auskommen. Nicht atemberaubend gut, aber ziemlich gut. Und mitunter ist es dann, als sackte plötzlich der Boden weg, auf dem die Helden stehen: "Vor zehn Jahren, in meinem zweiten Jahr auf der Highschool, habe ich an Halloween eine Frau getötet."

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