Strangeland

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Here I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic alcoholic childless, beautiful woman I never dreamt it would be like this.Tracey Emin s Strangeland is her own space, lying between the Margate of her childhood, the Turkey of her forefathers and her own, private public life in present day London Her writings, a combination of memoirs and confessions, are deeply intimate, yet powerfully engaging Tracey retains a profoundly romantic world view, paired with an uncompromising honesty Her capacity both to create controversies and to strike chords is unequalled in British life A remarkable book and an original, beautiful mind. Read Strangeland – kino-fada.fr Page 183 184From a Week of HellFridayWoke up having sex with a terrible hangover Ran to the bathroom to throw up, shitting at the same time, holding on to the pan Small white balls of foamy stuff cascading out of my mouth My whole body shaking My eyes about to burst, swearing to God I would never drink again.I threw up ninetimes during the day.Saturday and SundaySpent the whole weekend in bed, depressed and trying to recover, with a throbbing tooth and scabs breaking out all over my Page 183 184From a Week of HellFridayWoke up having sex with a terrible hangover Ran to the bathroom to throw up, shitting at the same time, holding on to the pan Small white balls of foamy stuff cascadi...I read this book in one sitting and found it, for the most part, quite disturbing, and partly entertaining and also in parts quite dull Emin writes this book with a painful honesty and a navity that both devalues it s literary worth and paradoxcally makes it all theinteresting I enjoyed her style of writing and the book had a good voice in parts It is all out there for thoose that want to read it She has led an interesting life and she will continue to do so It is, however, shocking t I read this book in one sitting and found it, for the most part, quite disturbing, and partly entertaining and also in parts quite dull Emin writes this book with a painful honesty and a navity that both devalues it s literary worth and paradoxcally makes it all theinteresting I enjoyed her style of writing and the book had a good voice in parts It is all out there for thoose that want to read it She has led an interesting life and she will continue to do so It is, however, shocking to discover that so many female readers relate to this ...Ugh.Some interesting anecdotes but as typical of inexperienced memoir writers, Emin thinks she can just hand you a list of all the messed up stuff that happened to her and automatically generate sympathy.I mean, that is a real thing Themessed up the life, theforgivable readers are of flat prose Mary Karr is apparently a good writer but I couldn t find one interesting thing that had happened to her in the first 50 pages of The Liar s Club so I suppose that s where good prose supplan Ugh.Some interesting anecdotes but as typical of inexperienced memoir writers, Emin thinks she can just hand you a list of all the messed up stuff that happened to her and automatically generate sympathy.I mean, that is a real thing Themessed up the life, theforgivable readers are of flat prose Mary Karr is ...This was nothing new to me As a fan of Emin, I knew what to expect and that s what I got It was simply a piece of her artwork, but in writing A collection of her memories and past experiences, especially focusing on her abuse and abortions What I liked about this, and why I love her art, is that it is raw, truthful however awful it may be explicit and she allows herself to be completely exposed I found the book to have some interesting messages, but I was disappointed that she didn t ment This was nothing new to me As a fan of Emin, I knew what to expect and that s what I got It was simply a piece of her artwork, but in writing A collection of her memories and past experiences, espe...M rk Om uppv xten i Margate, en seaside town that they forgot to close down Inte utan ljuspunkter, som att k nna sig wild and free och independent , det litter ra uppvaknandet, katter, dagdr mnar och att vara the George Best of the art world.sehr klar und poetisch ist nicht sehr einfach um so tief und klar zu schreiben.mann muss sehr mutig sein f r solche art von der Autobiographie.Had the same relatively profound effect on me as Just Kids I just want to be a superstar I guess DAMN not having any super powers.Dark, funny, wonderful.I was slightly dubious of reading this, given the way that Emin has been portrayed by the media, I wasn t entirely sure what to expect I was pleasantly surprised Strangeland is a fantastically honest account of Emin s life to date Sure it s crude in places, but it s real Emin is frank and does not hide behind flamboyant language or name dropping as I ve experienced with other autobiographies It was a breath of fresh air to read something that did not pander to its audience but rather invi I was slightly dubious of reading this, given the way that Emin has been portrayed by the media, I wasn t entirely sure what to expect I was pleasantly surprised Strangeland is a fantastically ...The copy of Strangeland that I borrowed from the library was filled with sand.

Strangeland
  • English
  • 10 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 213 pages
  • 0340769467
  • Tracey Emin
  • Strangeland