Título: Famous People
Autor: Justin Kuritzkes
Sinopse: Why I really decided to write this book now is like, the world seems to be spinning out of control, you know? People are so mad at each other. People are taking life so seriously. People are losing hope. And I think, honestly, it’s because people are so rooted in their own particular spot in the universe. But something happens to you when you’re touring all around the world all the time. Something happens to you when you visit some country you’ve never heard of and you see your face on the side of a bus being used to sell some soda that you didn’t even know existed, and you call up your people and you’re like: Yo, did we agree to this? And they tell you: Yes, it was part of an overall deal with East Asia. Something happens: You realize how tiny you are. Honestly, that’s what amazes me the most with a lot of the people I meet: they think they’re so big. They think, ultimately, that the universe revolves around them. And I’m beginning to think that it’s only when you live a life like mine—it’s only when you’re in a position where you don’t even really own yourself, when you can’t even really say that you’re a citizen of any particular country—that you realize that we’re all just tiny pieces of cosmic dust floating through the void until we disappear forever and we’re never heard from again. So begins the life story of our uber famous twenty-two year old narrator. A teen idol since he was twelve, when a video of him singing the national anthem went viral, his star has only risen since. Now, haunted by the suicide of his manager-father in the wake of their painful parting, unsettled by the very different paths he and his his teenage love (and girl pop-star counterpart) “Mandy” have taken, and increasingly aware that he has signed on to something he has little control over, he begins to parse the divide that separates him from the “normal people” of the world, and enlighten the rest of us along the way. Sneakily philosophical, earnest and funny, Famous People is a rollicking, unforgettable look at the clash between fame and the human condition, and what it really means to be “normal.”
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Famous People”, de Justin Kuritzkes, publicado pela editora Henry Holt and Co., em 2019 e com 224 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Henry Holt and Co.
Páginas: 224
Ano: 2019
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Linguagem: pt_BR
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ISBN13: 9781250309020
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Henry Holt and Co. costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina narrativas envolventes com temas contemporâneos e históricos. O catálogo apresenta obras que transitam entre relatos históricos detalhados, como guerras e eventos políticos, e reflexões pessoais profundas, incluindo memórias marcadas por desafios sociais e emocionais. A linguagem varia entre o acessível e o sofisticado, com textos que exploram desde a tensão de conflitos militares até a intimidade de histórias de superação. O ritmo pode ser tanto acelerado e tenso em narrativas de suspense e mistério, quanto mais reflexivo e didático em obras que abordam ciência, política e questões sociais.
