Descrizione
An evocative, poignant saga of four people trapped - and ultimately destroyed - by their addictions
Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant - and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara's, doomed by the destructive power of drugs.
Tragic and captivating, "Requiem for a Dream" is one of Selby's most powerful works, and an indelible portrait of the ravages of addiction.
Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant - and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara's, doomed by the destructive power of drugs.
Tragic and captivating, "Requiem for a Dream" is one of Selby's most powerful works, and an indelible portrait of the ravages of addiction.
Dettagli del libro
Formato
eBook
Pagine
292 pagine
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
Dec 13, 2011
Editore
Open Road
Edizioni
31 editions
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I didn't even finish the book. I'm sorry! I just can't read, much less enjoy, something that I can't really understand because all of the punctuation is missing. I know that it is supposed to be thought provoking, but I still like having the quotation marks so that I know when one person stops talking and another starts.
May 18th 2025