Thursday, November 5, 2009

November Blog #2: Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, published 1996

Fight Club is a strange and fascinating novel, though I'm only on page 30 or so.

Gosh, this can seem difficult to write about. Palahniuk writes in a choppy fashion, often going on tangents. Fight Club also remains rather depressing.

What is Palahniuk talking about? Why so much sexual imagery? I have a hunch that the sexual imagery is there to spark discomfort and sexual tension. The narrator (who is nameless, I guess?) does not seem to enjoy Marla's company much, and dislikes her more when she is having sex with Tyler. Yikes.

This is certainly a mature and very strange book. I look forward to more.

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