The future won't be long
«.Have you been pining for tales of drug-fueled big-city debauchery set in the pre-digital era, when MTV was king, people still used landlines and hookups were orchestrated on dance floors instead of dating apps? Look no further.. .The Washington Post»
A euphoric, provocative novel about friendship, sex, art, clubbing, and ambition set in 1980s and '90s New York City. When Adeline, a wealthy art student, chances upon a young man from the Midwest known only as Baby in a shady East Village squat, the two begin a fiery friendship that propels them through a decade of New York life. Les mer
As Adeline develops into the artist she never really expected to become and flees to the nascent tech scene in San Francisco, Baby faces his own desire for artistic expression and recognition. He must write his way out of clubbing life, and their friendship, an alliance that seemed nearly impenetrable, is tested and betrayed, leaving each unmoored as the world around them seems to be unraveling. Riotously funny and wise, The Future Won't Be Long is an ecstatic, propulsive novel coursing with a rare vitality, an elegy to New York and to the relationships that have the power to change-and save-our lives.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780735222502
- Utgave
- 1. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«.Have you been pining for tales of drug-fueled big-city debauchery set in the pre-digital era, when MTV was king, people still used landlines and hookups were orchestrated on dance floors instead of dating apps? Look no further.. .The Washington Post»
«.Intensely readable: the dialogue is snappy, the barrage of opinions bracing, so that 10 years and 400 pages whizz by . . . compellingly vivid.. .The Financial Times»
«.An inspired evocation of the last days of the underground empire, before the fall.. .Chris Kraus»
«.Hard not to recommend. . . . Full of delightfully cynical aphorisms. . . . At the heart of The Future Won.t Be Long is the friendship between Baby and Adeline.at once loving and destructive and convincingly drawn by Kobek.. .Kevin Nguyen, GQ.com»
«.One of the best New York City novels I have read, a wise and funny book that captures the city from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s.. .Largehearted Boy»