Frédéric Beigbeder
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.57 | 12443 Users | 421 Reviews
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| Original Title: | 99 Francs |
| ISBN: | 2070315738 (ISBN13: 9782070315734) |
| Edition Language: | French URL http://www.gallimard.fr |
| Series: | Octave Parango #1 |
| Characters: | Octavo Parengo |
| Literary Awards: | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2003) |
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En ce temps-là, on mettait des photographies géantes de produits sur les murs, les arrêts d'autobus, les maisons, le sol, les taxis, les camions, la façade des immeubles en cours de ravalement, les meubles, les ascenseurs, les distributeurs de billets, dans toutes les rues et même à la campagne. La vie était envahie par des soutiens-gorge, des surgelés, des shampoings antipelliculaires et des rasoirs triple-lame. L'œil humain n'avait jamais été autant sollicité de toute son histoire : on avait calculé qu'entre sa naissance et l'âge de 18 ans, toute personne était exposée en moyenne à 350 000 publicités. Même à l'orée des forêts, au bout des petits villages, en bas des vallées isolées et au sommet des montagnes blanches, sur les cabines de téléphérique, on devait affronter des logos "Castorama", "Bricodécor", "Champion Midas" et "La Halle aux Vêtements". Il avait fallu deux mille ans pour en arriver là.List Regarding Books 99 francs (Octave Parango #1)
| Title | : | 99 francs (Octave Parango #1) |
| Author | : | Frédéric Beigbeder |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | July 31st 2004 by Gallimard (first published August 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. France. Contemporary. European Literature. French Literature |
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Ratings: 3.57 From 12443 Users | 421 ReviewsWrite-Up Regarding Books 99 francs (Octave Parango #1)
Loved it! What a writer!While I get what he is trying to say, I barely made myself finish this book. Some of the passages are so graphic I skipped over them altogether. The book is supposed to make you realize that you are a sheep, controlled by the admen, but you know what? Maybe I don't like to be told that I am a sheep. And maybe excessive use of the word "cocaine" is really not a necessary tactic to make me realize that the main character is a user. I read that the author himself recently got arrested for
99 francs is Beigbeder's reckoning with the advertising industry. He shares his deeply cynical views on corporate life and ethics. The book is written as a meta fiction, i.e. the protagonist Octavo supposedly writes the book in an effort to be fired. He's fed up with his job, not enough to quit by himself but is happy to leave the decision to others, hoping for the golden handshake.The content: cocaine, sexual perversions, corporate bullshit bingo, contempt for the mediocrity of business
When attending a big party sometimes you get to see this obnoxious guy, very drunk or high, pestering some innocent victim with his views on world politics or conspiracy theories, or shadow governments, or Rihanna being Illuminati princess. If he's less drunk he may even make sense, but he's still so annoying and yelling so loud that you just turn around and leave for whatever made up reason.Look, Beigbeder does make sense and I bet in 2000 this book was really fresh and much shocking (although
If I had still been in high school I might have appreciated it more, but wouldn't understand it. I'm not sure I've grasped it all, now, but hey?! LIKED- The package. Writing technique and architecture. Putting myself in all those instances was great and new. I only realized that after the first two parts, so I would've liked more emphasis on it. Sometimes, I even wanted to know more about the "YOUs"... (Who are they?!) But I always enjoyed multilateral perspectives in any form and this made the
Crazy and ingenious. This story tells us how powerless we are in the hands of media sharks if we spend most of our time watching the box. The author described very well of our modern world.Aristotle once said that "a human is a society animal," he was definitely right. The author tells via protagonist how miserable our society made by commercial producers or any other masters of PR. They make our choices, likes, and dislikes; they tell you what car to buy, they show you how to dress just to be a
It's strange, how you can hate someone but pity them at the same time. However, that's what happened with this book.This is basically made to shock people. You read about cocaine, prostitutes, fraud and people who trick your mind to get richer and richer, so obviously, you wouldn't find your new favourite character in there. The main character, Octave, is interesting, even though he's awful, but the things he did made me cringe so much. The fact that he's not able to love made me really sad and
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