Sex and Rage: Advice To Young Ladies Eager For a Good Time
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This novel is studded with sharp observations . . . Babitz's talent for the brilliant line, honed to a point, never interferes with her feel for languid pleasures." --The New York Times Book Review The popular rediscovery of Eve Babitz continues with this very special reissue of her novel, originally published in 1979, about a dreamy young girl moving between the planets of Los Angeles and New York City. We first meet Jacaranda in Los Angeles. She's a beach bum, a part-time painter of surfboards, sun-kissed and beautiful. Jacaranda has an on-again, off-again relationship with a married man and glitters among the city's pretty creatures, blithely drinking White Ladies with any number of tycoons, unattached and unworried in the pleasurable mania of California. Yet she lacks a purpose--so at twenty-eight, jobless, she moves to New York to start a new life and career, eager to make it big in the world of New York City. Sex and Rage delights in its sensuous, dreamlike narrative and its spontaneous embrace of fate, and work, and of certain meetings and chances. Jacaranda moves beyond the tango of sex and rage into the open challenge of a defined and more fulfilling expressive life. Sex and Rage further solidifies Eve Babitz's place as a singularly important voice in Los Angeles literature--haunting, alluring, and alive.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1619029359
ISBN13:9781619029354
Release Date:July 2017
Publisher:Counterpoint LLC
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Eve Babitz evokes a feel for a certain part of L.A., a spokeswoman for her times. Raised in 50s and 60s, Hollywood High, seemed to ride tides of various in scenes, and has written about them. SEX AND RAGE seems to be a largely autobiographical novel. Jacaranda's family and raising mirros Eve's: Hollywood High; surfer girl; after high school she paints surfboards. Meets interesting folks and gets taken into scenes. Meets guys (Gilbert; Max; Shelby) and drifts along; knows she is lucky. The main scene is a Beverly Hills group which Max and Etienne center and everything is perfect. But she drinks too much. At some point she writes a story which is published and then she is picked up by a hot literary agent who pushes her to do a book, which she does, which leads to New York City. After events there,including stopping drinkin, she returns to L.A. There isn't a lot of plot; there is ambiance and an evoking of the times. L.A. and the ocean are the best places in the world. I enjoyed the book when I read it 20 years ago and enjoyed it more this time. Do not look for much sex or rage in the book. Look for a classic vision of Los Angeles
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