Jennie Song từ Tampamolón, S.L.P., Mexico

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05/02/2024

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2018-03-26 08:31

Búp Bê - Tập 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Boleslaw Prus

Teen suicide isn’t exactly a humorous topic so it may come as a shock to some readers to find that Ned Vizzini’s book, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, manages to bring a few smiles even as it deals with such a very un-funny topic. Though it is not autobiographical, Vizzini began work on Story only one week after he himself was released from an adult psychiatric hospital. This experience lends an air of authenticity to the story, which follows Craig Gilner on a roller coaster of depression, anxiety, and recovery. An over-achieving, neurotic, disconnected teen, Craig is so burned out by the age of fifteen that he comes to a drastic decision. He will bike to the Brooklyn Bridge and throw himself off. Somehow, though, he ends up calling the Suicide Hotline instead and decides to give this life thing one more shot. Instead of throwing himself into the river, Craig throws himself at the mercy of the psychotherapists, doctors, and nurses at the psych ward of the hospital just around the corner from his home. There he meets a cast of characters who are all as damaged as he is--a transvestite sex addict, a couple of self-professed “garbage heads,” a schizophrenic, a paranoid college professor, and a girl so broken that she has scarred her own face. Though he only stays in the hospital for five days, Craig undergoes a transformation surrounded by his fellow misfits. Slowly he comes to understand just what has caused his anxiety and depression and how to deal with the craziness of his surroundings without losing his mind. With its frequent references to drugs, drinking, sex, and teen suicide, It’s Kind of a Funny Story is, to say the least, controversial. But it takes a frank and necessary look at the mad dysfunction of adolescence in America. As Randy Pausch once said, “Children are living the stories we wouldn’t let them read.” Vizzini gives voice and face to these “children” with grace and courage. A realistic, heart-breaking, and somehow laugh-out-loud funny rendition of what it means to be young and imperfect in post-modern America.

Người đọc Jennie Song từ Tampamolón, S.L.P., Mexico

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.