Antkind: A Novel by Charlie Kaufman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Antkind by Charlie Kaufman The bold and boundlessly original debut novel from the Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York.LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • "A dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufmans deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bulls-eye wit."—The Washington Post"An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . . an exceptionally good [book]."—The New York Times Book Review • "Kaufman is a master of language . . . a sight to behold."—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND MENS HEALTH B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film made by an enigmatic outsider—a film hes convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made—a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur ninety years to complete—B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. The only problem: The film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its inadvertently ephemeral genius. All thats left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Thus begins a mind-boggling journey through the hilarious nightmarescape of a psyche as lushly Kafkaesque as it is atrophied by the relentless spew of Twitter. Desperate to impose order on an increasingly nonsensical existence, trapped in a self-imposed prison of aspirational victimhood and degeneratively inclusive language, B. scrambles to re-create the lost masterwork while attempting to keep pace with an ever-fracturing culture of "likes" and arbitrary denunciations that are simultaneously his bête noire and his raison dêtre. A searing indictment of the modern world, Antkind is a richly layered meditation on art, time, memory, identity, comedy, and the very nature of existence itself—the grain of truth at the heart of every joke. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Charlie Kaufman is the screenwriter of many films, such as Anomalisa; Synecdoche, New York; Adaptation; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; and Being John Malkovich. He won an Academy Award for his work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and has been nominated three additional times. Kaufman is also a three-time BAFTA winner for screenwriting, and he has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, among many other film honors. Review "There is something about this books extravagantly appointed lunacy that makes the lunacy of real life feel (briefly) more manageable."—The Wall Street Journal"Outrageously funny . . . a dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufmans deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bulls-eye wit."—The Washington Post"An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . . exceptionally good."—The New York Times Book Review"A sight to behold . . . Kaufman is a master of language."—NPR"Kaufman successfully blends the brain-wrapping narrative complexity of a Reddit wormhole with the laugh-a-page aplomb of Kurt Vonnegut."—Entertainment Weekly"Antkind is Kaufman pushing himself to every formal and social limit, no holds barred, bleak and devastating, yet marvelous."—Los Angeles Review of Books"I am reading a novel which amazes me, and unlike most of my reading these days which tend to influence my present work this book is influencing how I see my life . . . its called Antkind and it is unique, bold and fantastic. I recommend it to anyone who is puzzled about this illusion we hold of life and its contradictions."—Francis Ford Coppola"This is a whopper of a book, bursting with the driest of humor, the strangest of scenarios, and the most brilliant of observations. It is wholly original, maddening, and marvelous."—Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book"Antkind is unbridled Kaufman energy and wit coming up against the limits of the imagination itself: discursive, subversive, and genuinely funny."—Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End "Each page is so stuffed with invention, audacity, and hilarity, it feels like an act of defiance. Antkind is a fever dream you dont want to be shaken awake from."—Maria Semple, author of Whered You Go, Bernadette"Magnificent, genius, enraging, mysterious, joyous, terrifying, and, above all, hilarious! Within its pages, Antkind might contain the universe."—Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less"A tribute to the absurdity of story and ego and obsession that manages to criticize all of this as fiercely as it embraces it all . . ."—Mat Johnson, author of Pym and Loving Day"Film, speculative fiction, and outright eccentricity collide in a wonderfully inventive yarn—and a masterwork of postmodern storytelling."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Pynchonesque . . . Kaufmans debut brims with screwball satire and provocative reflections on how art shapes peoples perception of the world."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)"This novel is magnificently imaginative . . . delivering a tragic, farcical, and fascinating exploration of how memory defines our lives."—Booklist Long Description The bold and boundlessly original debut novel from the Oscar(R)-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York . LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - "A dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufmans deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bulls-eye wit.-- The Washington Post "An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . . an exceptionally good [book]."-- The New York Times Book Review - "Kaufman is a master of language . . . a sight to behold."--NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND MENS HEALTH B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film made by an enigmatic outsider--a film hes convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made--a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur ninety years to complete--B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. The only problem: The film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its inadvertently ephemeral genius. All thats left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Thus begins a mind-boggling journey through the hilarious nightmarescape of a psyche as lushly Kafkaesque as it is atrophied by the relentless spew of Twitter. Desperate to impose order on an increasingly nonsensical existence, trapped in a self-imposed prison of aspirational victimhood and degeneratively inclusive language, B. scrambles to re-create the lost masterwork while attempting to keep pace with an ever-fracturing culture of "likes" and arbitrary denunciations that are simultaneously his b Review Quote "Outrageously funny . . . a dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufmans deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bulls-eye wit." -- The Washington Post "An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . . exceptionally good." -- The New York Times Book Review "A sight to behold . . . Kaufman is a master of language." --NPR Kaufman successfully blends the brain-wrapping narrative complexity of a Reddit wormhole with the laugh-a-page aplomb of Kurt Vonnegut." --Entertainment Weekly "Antkind is Kaufman pushing himself to every formal and social limit, no holds barred, bleak and devastating, yet marvelous." --Los Angeles Review of Books "This is a whopper of a book, bursting with the driest of humor, the strangest of scenarios, and the most brilliant of observations. It is wholly original, maddening, and marvelous." --Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book Antkind is unbridled Kaufman energy and wit coming up against the limits of the imagination itself: discursive, subversive, and genuinely funny. --Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End "Each page is so stuffed with invention, audacity, and hilarity, it feels like an act of defiance. Antkind is a fever dream you dont want to be shaken awake from, a thrill ride that veers down stranger and stranger alleys until you find yourself in a reality so kaleidoscopic you will question your own sanity." --Maria Semple, author of Whered You Go, Bernadette "Magnificent, genius, enraging, mysterious, joyous, terrifying, and, above all, hilarious! Within its pages, Antkind might contain the universe." --Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less "A tribute to the absurdity of story and ego and obsession that manages to criticize all of this as fiercely as it embraces it all, Antkind is as funny and brilliant and utterly idiosyncratic as you could ever hope. I couldnt put it down, which is saying a lot, because holy shit, is it heavy." --Mat Johnson, author of Pym and Loving Day "[It commands] attention from start to finish for its ingenuity and narrative dazzle. Film, speculative fiction, and outright eccentricity collide in a wonderfully inventive yarn--and a masterwork of postmodern storytelling." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Pynchonesque . . . Kaufmans debut brims with screwball satire and provocative reflections on how art shapes peoples perception of the world." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This novel is magnificently imaginative, bringing to mind Beckett, Pynchon, and A. R. Moxons more recent The Revisionaries (2019). With this surprisingly breezy read, given its length, Kaufman proves to be a masterful novelist, delivering a tragic, farcical, and fascinating exploration of how memory defines our lives." -- Booklist Excerpt from Book Chapter 1 My beard is a wonder. It is the beard of Whitman, of Rasputin, of Darwin, yet it is uniquely mine. Its a salt- Details ISBN0399589694 Year 2021 ISBN-10 0399589694 ISBN-13 9780399589690 Pages 720 Format Paperback Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-07-06 NZ Release Date 2021-07-06 US Release Date 2021-07-06 Author Charlie Kaufman Language English Publisher Random House USA Inc Imprint Random House Trade Paperbacks Place of Publication New York Subtitle A Novel UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Publication Date 2021-07-06 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138296747;

Price: 48.14 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2025-01-08T06:11:06.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 AUD