Американский психопат

"Amerikanskiĭ psikhopat" - kulʹtovyĭ roman Breta Istona Ėllisa o Patrike Bėĭtmene, preuspevai͡ushchem molodom i͡appi s Uoll-strit, dli͡a kotorogo bezuprechnyĭ kosti͡um, modnyĭ restoran i dorogai͡a vizitka znachat ne menʹshe, chem chelovecheskai͡a zhiznʹ. Dnem on - obrazt͡sovyĭ predstavitelʹ ėlity kont͡sa 1980-kh, nochʹi͡u - nositelʹ temnoĭ, razrushitelʹnoĭ storony "amerikanskoĭ mechty". Realʹnostʹ i bred, sot͡sialʹnai͡a satira i khorror, kholodnyĭ raschet i vnutrenniĭ raspad zdesʹ spletai͡utsi͡a v trevozhnyĭ i provokat͡sionnyĭ tekst. Roman stal odnim iz samykh zhestkikh i tochnykh diagnozov ėpokhi potreblenii͡a, pokazav, kak kulʹt uspekha, deneg i vneshnego loska privodit k polnomu obest͡senivanii͡u lichnosti. Ėllis namerenno dovodit nasilie i pustotu do predela, prevrashchai͡a ikh v instrument khudozhestvennogo vyskazyvanii͡a: za shokirui͡ushchimi st͡senami skryvaetsi͡a besposhchadnai͡a satira na obshchestvo, v kotorom vse izmeri͡aetsi͡a brendami, statusom i imitat͡sieĭ chuvstv. Ėto kniga, kotorai͡a ne stremitsi͡a ponravitʹsi͡a, no dolgo ne otpuskaet i zastavli͡aet somnevatʹsi͡a v samoĭ prirode realʹnosti i morali. V 2000 godu roman byl ėkranizirovan rezhisserom Mėri Khėrron. Roman ponravitsi͡a tem, kto t͡senit mrachnui͡u intellektualʹnui͡u prozu i sot͡sialʹnui͡u provokat͡sii͡u, ne boitsi͡a zhestkikh tem i nenadezhnogo povestvovateli͡a. On budet osobenno blizok chitateli͡am Chaka Palanika, Irvina Uėlsha, Donny Tartt, a takzhe tem, kogo interesui͡ut teksty o vnutrennem raspade blagopoluchnogo obshchestva i temnoĭ storone "normalʹnosti". Bret Iston Ėllis - amerikanskiĭ pisatelʹ, odin iz kli͡uchevykh predstaviteleĭ tak nazyvaemogo "pokolenii͡a X". Proslavilsi͡a romanom "Nizhe nuli͡a", a "Amerikanskiĭ psikhopat" zakrepil za nim reputat͡sii͡u odnogo iz samykh provokat͡sionnykh i ostrykh avtorov sovremennoĭ literatury. V svoikh knigakh Ėllis issleduet otchuzhdenie, nasilie, pustotu i falʹshʹ massovoĭ kulʹtury, neizmenno vyzyvai͡a spory, skandaly i pristalʹnoe vnimanie kritikov i chitateleĭ.

"American Psycho" is a cult novel by Bret Easton Ellis about Patrick Bateman, a successful young yuppie from Wall Street, for whom an impeccable suit, a fancy restaurant and an expensive business card mean no less than a human life. By day, he is an exemplary representative of the elite of the late 1980s, by night he is the bearer of the dark, destructive side of the "American dream." Reality and delirium, social satire and horror, cold calculation and internal disintegration are intertwined here in an alarming and provocative text. The novel has become one of the harshest and most accurate diagnoses of the consumer era, showing how the cult of success, money and appearance leads to a complete devaluation of personality. Ellis deliberately pushes violence and emptiness to the limit, turning them into a tool of artistic expression: behind the shocking scenes lies a merciless satire on a society in which everything is measured by brands, status and imitation of feelings. This is a book that does not seek to please, but it does not let go for a long time and makes you doubt the very nature of reality and morality. In 2000, the novel was adapted into a film directed by Mary Harron. The novel will appeal to those who appreciate dark intellectual prose and social provocation, who are not afraid of harsh themes and an unreliable narrator. He will be especially close to readers of Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Donna Tartt, as well as those who are interested in texts about the internal disintegration of a prosperous society and the dark side of "normality." Bret Easton Ellis is an American writer, one of the key representatives of the so—called "Generation X". He became famous for his novel "Below Zero," and "American Psycho" cemented his reputation as one of the most provocative and incisive authors of modern literature. In her books, Ellis explores alienation, violence, emptiness and the falsity of popular culture, invariably causing controversy, scandals and the close attention of critics and readers.