Recensione:
“From the get-go, [Frey’s] book sets itself a part, its narrative unspooling in short, unindented paragraphs and barely punctuated sentences whose spare, deadpan language belies the horror of what he’s describing – a meltdown dispatched in telegrams.” —The New York Times Book Review
“One of the best stories of transformation I’ve ever read. . . . Anyone who has ever felt broken and wished for a better life will find inspiration in Frey’s story. This won’t be the last we’ll hear of him.” —People
“A ripping, gripping read. It’s a staggeringly sober book whose stylistic tics are well-suited to its subject matter, and a finger in the eye of the culture of complaint . . . Engrossing.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“A frenzied, electrifying description of the experience.” –The New Yorker
“We finish A Million Little Pieces like miners lifted out of a collapsed shaft: exhausted, blackened, oxygen-starved, but alive, thrillingly, amazingly alive.” –Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“One of the most compelling books of the year... Incredibly bold...Somehow accomplishes what three decades’ worth of cheesy public service announcements and after-school specials have failed to do: depict hard-core drug addiction as the self-inflicted apocalypse that it is.” –The New York Post
“Thoroughly engrossing . . . Hard-bitten existentialism bristles on every page . . . Frey’s prose is muscular and tough, ideal for conveying extreme physical anguish and steely determination.” –Entertainment Weekly
“Incredible... Mesmerizing...Heart-rending.” –Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A rising literary star... has birthed a poetic account of his recovery. [A Million Little Pieces is] stark... disturbing... rife with raw emotion...” –Chicago Sun-Times
“Frey will probably be hailed in turn as the voice of a generation.” –Elle Magazine
“We can admire Frey for his fierceness, his extremity, his solitary virtue, the angry ethics of his barroom tribe, and his victory over his furies... A compelling book.” –New York Magazine
“An intimate, vivid and heartfelt memoir. Can Frey be the greatest writer of his generation? Maybe.” –New York Press
“Incredible... A ferociously compelling memoir.” –Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Insistent as it is demanding... A story that cuts to the nerve of addiction by clank-clank-clanking through the skull of the addicted... A critical milestone in modern literature.” –Orlando Weekly
“At once devastatingly bleak and heartbreakingly hopeful. . . . Frey somehow manages to make his step-by-step walk through recovery compelling.” –Charlotte Observer
“A stark, direct and graphic documentation of the rehabilitation process . . . The strength of the book comes from the truth of the experience.” –The Oregonian
“A virtual addiction itself, viscerally affecting . . . Compulsively readable.” –City Paper (Washington, DC)
“Powerful . . . haunting . . . addictive . . . A beautiful story of recovery and reconciliation.” –Iowa City Press-Citizen
“An exhilarating read . . . Frey’s intense, punchy prose renders his experiences with electrifying immediacy.” –Time Out New York
“Describes the hopelessness and the inability to stop with precision . . . As anyone who has ever spent time in a rehab can testify, . . . he gets that down too.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Frey comes on like the world’s first recovering-addict hero. . . . [His] criticism of the twelve-step philosophy is provocative and his story undeniably compelling.” –GQ
“[A] gruesomely absorbing account, told in stripped-down, staccato prose.” –Details
“Frey has devised a rolling, pulsating style that really moves . . . undeniably striking. . . . A fierce and honorable work that refuses to glamorize [the] author’s addiction or his thorny personality. . . . A book that makes other recovery memoirs look, well, a little pussy-ass.” –Salon
L'autore:
James Frey is originally from Cleveland. He is married and lives in New York.
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