Rontel

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We now enter Total Isolation Rontel is the story of one man s odyssey through Chicago Follow him as he attempts to go to his last day of work Follow him through the subway as he considers stealing chips from a dancing baby Find him being threatened by a homeless man holding board games Take his hand as he considers building a hydraulic cocoon for his cat out of a complimentary duffel bag Walk the streets of Uptown as a cop killer takes hostages to the roof of an apartment building Meet his friends Just kidding Follow him to his neighbor s apartment where he gets paid in pumpkin pie to watch a baby Follow him through through the dull pains of never quite becoming an adult Sit back, laugh, smile, hold your breath, because not even he knows how it ends Funny as hell, searingly honest, and urgently real, Sam Pink s Rontel puts to shame most modern fiction His writing perfectly captures the bizarre parade that is Chicago, with all its gloriously odd and wonderful people This book possesses both the nerve of Nelson Algren and the existential comedy of Albert Camus Joe Meno Free Read eBook Rontel by Sam Pink – kino-fada.fr I love everything I ve ever read by Sam Pink, and this one was great, definitely a favorite Pink s honesty is hilarious, and I love that I can find a bit of myself in his writing Always felt like, if I could pause time, I d just go around and break everything then un pause time, leaving people unharmed but everything else broken, even clouds, mountains, and the sun, maybe a fish or two as well Me too.The Valentine s Day edition of the ebook included Pink s personal phone number and a promise I love everything I ve ever read by Sam Pink, and this one was great, definitely a favorite Pink s honesty is hilarious, and I love that I can find a bit of myself in his writing Always felt like, if I could pause time, I d just go around and break everything then un pau...This book is amazing It had me in hysterics, most often while I was walking around reading it in public places where I felt very conspicuous.I think I relate too much to this insane character.This is highly readable, enjoyable, experimental literature Some scenes might rub you the wrong way, though e.g the episode with the vulgar gay roommates I just don t see them befriending our hero at all, but what do I know and are they too typed Or is this just a reflection of overall disco This book is amazing It had me in hysterics, most often while I was walking around reading it in public places where I felt very conspicuous.I think I relate too much to this insane character.This is highly readable, enjoyable, experimental literature Some scenes might rub...Very few writers can tell an engaging story where nothing really happens, but Sam Pink has mastered the skill I ve read a few of his books, and they ve all been meandering journeys in the daily lives of assorted misfits In this one, our hero is about to go to his last day on the job, but then changes his mind Instead, he wande...This is a stream of consciousness, slice of life novella about a depressed guy with suicidal tendencies walking around Chicago for a day Oh, and it has nothing resembling a plot Nearly all the action of the piece takes place in the main ch...Reading RONTEL, the most recent novel by Sam Pink, and the first of his works for me, I m hopeful The book is funny Thoughtful Funny, again But what draws me to it is its rejection of good writing Not that RONTEL is bad writing It s not It s different writing And I m so tired of good writing that has little originality, feels almost locked to a template and is safe, safe, safe Pink feels sincere, channeling his unique voice without much care for tradition RONTEL s rambling plot took Reading RONTEL, the most recent novel by Sam Pink, and the first of his works for me, I m hopeful The book is funny Thoughtful Funny, again But what draws me to it is its rejection of good writing Not that RONTEL is bad writing It s not It s different writing And I m so tired of good writing that has little originality, feels almost locked to a template and is safe, safe, safe Pink feels sincere, channeling his unique voice without much care for tradition RONTEL s rambling plot took a while to click for me, because the book isn t about plot It s about Chicago It s about the voice and tone of its first person narrator It s a Grand Guignol of characters and flights of anti social fantasies that are like slapstick without a point, but still somehow sharp It s sad and oddly hopeful And it made me laugh, if I wasn t clear on that before Laughter gets no respect in literature, unless it s not funny laughter, the kind of laughter that a r...from publisherRead 3 2 13 3 10 133.5 stars Recommended to readers who don t mind a few kitty cat neck sizzles.87 pagesPublisher Lazy Fascist Press print Electric Literature eBook Release Date March 2013Sam Pink is a little bit like a teenager trapped in a man s body He s full of piss and vinegar, fi...i loved every page and every moment of this book it s beautiful and frightening and touching and sad and also probably the funniest book i ve read since The Fan Man the fact that junot diaz is famous and this guy is not rea...HOT STYLESThis is Chicago at the beginning of a very hot summer, where it is 90 degrees even at night And no one has air conditioning And you just sweat all day and all night, even after and during a shower It s Chicago and it is terrible There are homeless people and hockey video games from 1997 Ride the bus and train around the city Witness a hostage situation in Uptown And play with Rontel.Sam Pink s books perfectly capture what it is like to live in Chicago ...And yeah if people had access to my thoughts and feelings, I d be asked to live on a rock in outer space one with a long tether to a building in Chicago if any of my friends just kidding wanted to come visit See you in outer space Climbing that tether in a spacesuit is going to be a bitch.

Rontel
  • 26 April 2017
  • Paperback
  • 87 pages
  • 1621050793
  • Sam Pink
  • Rontel