Chuck Palahniuk

'A biting satire that exposes American money, greed and elitism' Sunday IndependentFrom the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface.These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called "Greener Pastures." It's here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent. The highest test scores, the best grades, and the most niche extracurriculars just might land these teenagers an enticing offer at auction. A couple billion dollars in exchange for the remainder of your life and intellectual labor sounds like a pretty fair deal-doesn't it?In a high school only Chuck Palahniuk could imagine, students must choose between the risk of following their dreams or the security of money and a lifetime of servitude to the world's wealthiest and most elite-but how much of a choice do they truly have?

Odinnadtsatyj roman Chaka Palanika.Odinnadtsatyj "bestseller dlja intellektualov", v kotorom on izoschrenno i zlo ironiziruet nad temoj "Pigmaliona i Galatei", a zaodno - i nad realijami Gollivuda."Vechnaja neudachnitsa" i vechnyj Pigmalion - prestarelaja KhejziKugan, nekrasivaja i nemyslimo odarennaja aktrisa, chim istinnym prizvaniem stalo delat superzvezd iz bezdarnykh starletok.Ee ljubimaja podopechnaja - oslepitelnaja krasavitsa i stol zhe oslepitelnaja dura Ketrin Kenton, kotoruju vechno nagrazhdajut za nichem ne primechatelnye roli, vechno obolschajut i ispolzujut, vyshuchivajut - i obozhajut.I nakonets - khvatkij, tsinichnyj alfons Uebster, u kotorogo na Ketrin Kenton - vesma daleko iduschie plany...Iz takogo treugolnika mozhet vyjti prakticheski vse, chto ugodno, - a vykhodit koe-chto bolshee. Mnogo bolshee.

Dobro pozhalovat v ad! Dlja nachala, zabudte pro kipjaschie kotly, jadovityj aromat sery i prochie vetkhozavetnye poshlosti. V preispodnej greshnikov zhdet, v obschem, vpolne blagoustroennaja poslezhizn - s malenkimi njuansami. Kak govoritsja, djavol - v detaljakh. Trinadtsatiletnjaja doch gollivudskoj kinozvezdy Medison Spenser, sovershivshaja samoubijstvo po devchonochej durosti, ne namerena prozjabat v adskom "bolote". Ona ischet vykhod. A kto ischet, tot vsegda najdet!..

Portlend, shtat Oregon. Zdes na izlete "prokljatykh vosmidesjatykh" rodilas dikaja, neistovaja grandzh-kultura, podarivshaja miru velikij rok-n-roll, genialnoe kino i talantlivuju literaturu. Portlend, shtat Oregon. Gorod, kotoryj stal dlja "pokolenija Iks" i ego naslednikov tem zhe, chto San-Frantsisko dlja khippi, London - dlja pankov i Novyj Orlean dlja chernykh gotov. Kontrkulturnyj forpost nashego vremeni, v puteshestvie po kotoromu vas priglashaet kultovyj urozhenets i letopisets Portlenda - Chak Palanik...

Zhizn - uvlekatelnee samogo izoschrennogo vymysla...Zhizn - strashnee samogo potrjasajuschego romana uzhasov...Dobro pozhalovat v realnyj mir! V mir legendarnoj kultury "Pokolenija Iks".V mir intellektualov, akterov, pisatelej, rok-muzykantov...V mir ujutnogo ada khospisov, bleska i nischety bodibilderov i malenkikh tragedij "bolshikh parnej" - restlerov.V mir, mnogogrannost kotorogo prevoskhodit samye smelye ozhidanija!

A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night. Sometimes, the walls remember.Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up. From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.Featuring stories by: Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Will Maclean, Irenosen Okojie, Alison Moore, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Clay Macleod Chapman and Ally Wilkes.

'A biting satire that exposes American money, greed and elitism' Sunday IndependentFrom the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface.These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called "Greener Pastures." It's here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent. The highest test scores, the best grades, and the most niche extracurriculars just might land these teenagers an enticing offer at auction. A couple billion dollars in exchange for the remainder of your life and intellectual labor sounds like a pretty fair deal-doesn't it?In a high school only Chuck Palahniuk could imagine, students must choose between the risk of following their dreams or the security of money and a lifetime of servitude to the world's wealthiest and most elite-but how much of a choice do they truly have?

Karl Strejtor pishe seriju statej pro sindrom raptovoji ditjachoji smerti. Pid chas rozsliduvannja vin vijavljaje neochikuvanij zv'jazok: u kozhnoji rodini, scho vtratila ditinu, je zbirka "Virshi ta rimi z usogo svitu", rozgornuta na storintsi 27. Slova napisanoji tam afrikanskoji koliskovoji vbivajut. Jiji tekst naviki zakarbovujetsja v mozku Strejtora, i vin mimovoli staje serijnim ubivtseju.Cholovik ne jedinij, khto znaje pro rujnivnu silu pisni. Cherez neji brokerka Gelen Guver Bojl vtratila ditinu j cholovika. Tozh Karl i Gelen razom virushajut u podorozh, schob znischiti vsi storinki iz zakljattjam i zupiniti tsej smertelnij slovesnij virus. Do nikh prijednujutsja sche dvoje shukachiv. U kozhnogo z rjativnikiv svitu svoja meta...PerekladachKostjantin Bjeljajev

Bij trivatime stilki, skilki potribnoJakscho mozhna postijno prokidatisja v riznikh mistsjakh i v rizni chasi, chomu b odnogo razu ne prokinutisja inshoju ljudinoju? Same takoji istini dokhodit pevnogo dnja bezimennij geroj tsijeji istoriji.Dosjagti bazhanogo, vnesti novij zmist u perepovnenu bezsonnjam realnist jomu dopomozhe buntivnik na im'ja Tajler Dorden. Toj privodit geroja u mistse, scho zvetsja bijtsivskim klubom. I pershe pravilo klubu - nikoli nikomu ne govoriti pro nogo.Tut zbirajutsja ti, khto sknije v poloni budennosti, khto, b'juchis, khoche znovu vidchuti sebe cholovikom. Ti, khto obiraje: peklo abo nischo. Choloviki, jaki za mezheju bolju, poza ramkami etiki, na kraju bozhevillja khochut zdobuti diku, pervisnu svobodu. Ale pershim krokom do tsijeji svobodi maje stati ne bij, a smert.PerekladachOleg Lesko

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire “equal parts saccharine caricature and startling raunch” (Kirkus Reviews) about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over.Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers who grew up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoyed watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather…and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it’s not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow. First, there is the matter of the veritable cavalcade of escaped convicts that keep showing up at their door. Not to mention the debaucherous new tutor who has a penchant for speaking Greek and dismembering sex dolls. Then there’s Mummy’s burgeoning opioid addiction. And who knows where Daddy is. He just vanished one day after he and Mummy took a walk in the so-called “Ghost Forest.” With Grandfather putting pressure on Otto to step up, it becomes clear that this will all end in only two ways: a nuclear apocalypse or just another day among the creeping thistle and tree peonies. And in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, either are equally possible.

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface.These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called "Greener Pastures." It's here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent. The highest test scores, the best grades, and the most niche extracurriculars just might land these teenagers an enticing offer at auction. A couple billion dollars in exchange for the remainder of your life and intellectual labor sounds like a pretty fair deal--doesn't it?In a high school only Chuck Palahniuk could imagine, students must choose between the risk of following their dreams or the security of money and a lifetime of servitude to the world's wealthiest and most elite--but how much of a choice do they truly have?

* Ekranizovano v 2008 rotsi, v golovnikh roljakh Sem Rokvell ta Anzhelika G'justonMati Viktora Manchini perebuvaje v likarni dlja dushevnokhvorikh. Dogljad za neju vidchutno b'je po kisheni, prote Viktor, jak viddanij sin, vigaduje nadzvichajnij sposib zarobitku.Vin khodit po restoranakh ta vdaje, nibi davitsja jizheju, i koli khtos "rjatuje" jogo, to vin, vdjachnij, opovidaje zhurlivu istoriju zhittja. Spivchuttja spasitelja j bazhannja dopomogti zgodom transformujutsja u vipisani cheki, jaki Viktor bezpereshkodno vikoristovuje.Mizh falshivimi vistupami iz zadukhoju cholovik khodit do klubu seksogolikiv ta naviduje matir, khvoroba Altsgejmera jakoji prikhovuje prigolomshlivu pravdu pro jogo narodzhennja...PerekladachOleksandr Rudenko

Dobro pozhalovat v ad! Dlja nachala, zabudte pro kipjaschie kotly, jadovityj aromat sery i prochie vetkhozavetnye poshlosti. V preispodnej greshnikov zhdet, v obschem, vpolne blagoustroennaja poslezhizn - s malenkimi njuansami. Kak govoritsja, djavol - v detaljakh. Trinadtsatiletnjaja doch gollivudskoj kinozvezdy Medison Spenser, sovershivshaja samoubijstvo po devchonochej durosti, ne namerena prozjabat v adskom "bolote". Ona ischet vykhod. A kto ischet, tot vsegda najdet!..

Odinnadtsatyj roman Chaka Palanika.Odinnadtsatyj "bestseller dlja intellektualov", v kotorom on izoschrenno i zlo ironiziruet nad temoj "Pigmaliona i Galatei", a zaodno - i nad realijami Gollivuda."Vechnaja neudachnitsa" i vechnyj Pigmalion - prestarelaja KhejziKugan, nekrasivaja i nemyslimo odarennaja aktrisa, chim istinnym prizvaniem stalo delat superzvezd iz bezdarnykh starletok.Ee ljubimaja podopechnaja - oslepitelnaja krasavitsa i stol zhe oslepitelnaja dura Ketrin Kenton, kotoruju vechno nagrazhdajut za nichem ne primechatelnye roli, vechno obolschajut i ispolzujut, vyshuchivajut - i obozhajut.I nakonets - khvatkij, tsinichnyj alfons Uebster, u kotorogo na Ketrin Kenton - vesma daleko iduschie plany...Iz takogo treugolnika mozhet vyjti prakticheski vse, chto ugodno, - a vykhodit koe-chto bolshee. Mnogo bolshee.

El autor de El club de la lucha sigue en la c spide de sus poderes literarios: atrevido, desafiante y con un gran dominio del suspense, regresa con una novela sombr a y espeluznante que reflexiona sobre la mercantilizaci n del sufrimiento y el poder del arte. Han pasado diecisiete a os desde que Gates Foster perdi a su hija Lucy y desde entonces no ha dejado de buscarla. Ahora, un impactante e inesperado suceso le proporciona la primera pista significativa despu s de una d cada, y todo apunta a que est a punto de descubrir una verdad terrible. Mientras tanto, Mitzi Ives ha logrado hacerse un hueco como ingeniera de sonido para la industria de Hollywood usando las mismas t cnicas secretas que utilizaba su padre. Son especialmente c lebres los horripilantes gritos que crea para el cine de terror, tan veros miles y estremecedores que bien podr an ser reales. Cuando las vidas de Gates y Mitzi se crucen, saldr n a la luz los atroces y violentos secretos que se ocultan tras la glamurosa fachada de Hollywood. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real. Soon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous fa ade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, The Invention of Sound is Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers -- his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet.

Vse my - raby sobstvennykh instinktov, i, znaja eto, nami legko manipulirujut politiki, zhurnalisty, marketologi. Linus Maksvell - odin iz takikh manipuljatorov. Kto zhe on, chelovek s tysjachju lits, - promyshlennik, uchenyj, filantrop, seks-guru? Sozdavaja novuju liniju tovarov dlja zhenschin "Do samykh konchikov", on brosaet vyzov obschestvennym idealam i stavit vo glavu ugla chistyj gedonizm. Kak daleko on gotov zajti v svoej oderzhimosti sovershenstvom? Chak Palanik, izvestnyj nisprovergatel osnov sovremennogo zapadnogo mira, v svoikh proizvedenijakh vse stavit pod somnenie. Na sej raz on, pokhozhe, zamakhnulsja na samuju tabuirovannuju iz tem!

Vse my - raby sobstvennykh instinktov, i, znaja eto, nami legko manipulirujut politiki, zhurnalisty, marketologi. Linus Maksvell - odin iz takikh manipuljatorov. Kto zhe on, chelovek s tysjachju lits, - promyshlennik, uchenyj, filantrop, seks-guru? Sozdavaja novuju liniju tovarov dlja zhenschin "Do samykh konchikov", on brosaet vyzov obschestvennym idealam i stavit vo glavu ugla chistyj gedonizm. Kak daleko on gotov zajti v svoej oderzhimosti sovershenstvom? Chak Palanik, izvestnyj nisprovergatel osnov sovremennogo zapadnogo mira, v svoikh proizvedenijakh vse stavit pod somnenie. Na sej raz on, pokhozhe, zamakhnulsja na samuju tabuirovannuju iz tem!