The Silver Linings Playbook -

Matthew Quick

Sarah Crichton Books

2012

289 páginas

9h 38m

ISBN-13: 9780374533571

A heartwarming debut novel, soon to be a major movie by David O. Russell

“Aawww shucks!” NPR's Nancy Pearl said. “I know that’s hardly a usual way to begin a book review, but it was my immediate response to finishing Matthew Quick’s heartwarming, humorous and soul-satisfying first novel . . . This book makes me smile.”

Meet Pat Peoples. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending—the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. (It might not come as a surprise to learn that Pat has spent several years in a mental health facility.) The problem is, Pat’s now home, and everything feels off. No one will talk to him about Nikki; his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing; he’s being pursued by the deeply odd Tiffany; his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy. Plus, he’s being haunted by Kenny G!

David O. Russell, the Oscar-nominated director of The Fighter, is helming his own adaptation of The Silver Linings Playbook. Due in theaters this Thanksgiving, the movie features Bradley Cooper (People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive) in the role of Pat, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, and Jacki Weaver. As the award-winning novelist Justin Cronin put it: “Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a wonderful debut.”

Resenhas (11)

4 (Muito bom)

O brilho de prata das nuvens

Minha relação com esse livro é de retomada, já que li ele em 2018 até certo ponto e agora reli novamente em inglês até onde parei e finalizei a leitura enfim haha. Por se tratar de um drama que envolve personagens com transtornos psicológicos a história já chamou minha atenção. Não assisti o filme ainda, então vou falar somente do livro. Pat é um personagem todo complicado e encontra alguém mais complicada ainda. Ver Pat narrando o filme de sua vida prende muito a atenção, menos a parte em que ele dá spolilers de outros livros lidos por ele o personagem, sério tsc tsc. O livro te enche de esperanças, afinal a vida é da maneira como a gente decide encarar ela de frente, e PAT ESCOLHEU VER O BRILHO POR TRáS DAS NUVENS, O LADO BOM DAS COISAS. A metafora das nuvens e a bipolaridade é algo que eu amei muito.