Palo Alto -

James Franco

Scribner

2011

224 páginas

7h 28m

ISBN-10: 1439163154

A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.
Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life.

These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.

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3 (Bom)

Como eu vi o filme antes de ler o livro já tinha ideia do que esperar, mas fui levemente -e positivamente- surpreendido. Não que Franco seja um grande escritor, mas há uma compreensão muito bonita do espírito inconsequente que move os adolescentes de Palo Alto, e que ele conhece com tanta propriedade. O filme soa como uma versão um tanto higienizada desse universo do livro, mas é um complemento interessante, se assistido após a leitura.