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OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea de Patrick Freyne

OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea

Autor Patrick Freyne
en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2021

Observăm în OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea o dramatizare plină de spirit a vulnerabilității umane, scrisă cu o onestitate care transformă eșecul într-o formă de artă narativă. Patrick Freyne nu se mulțumește doar să ne amuze; el construiește un mozaic de eseuri în care autoironia devine un instrument de explorare a condiției umane. Stilul său amintește de Crooked Little Birdhouse de Patrick Caneday prin intensitatea cu care reconstituie episoade din viața de zi cu zi, reușind să extragă semnificații profunde din întâmplări aparent banale. Remarcăm o structură narativă care pendulează între absurdul situațiilor sociale și momente de o sensibilitate neașteptată, oferind cititorului o experiență de lectură care surprinde prin profunzime. La fel ca în scrierile lui Patrick McManus din The Good Samaritan Strikes Again, Patrick Freyne posedă acea capacitate rară de a transforma propriile erori de judecată în povești universale despre încercare și supraviețuire. Tonul este intim, aproape confesional, făcându-ne să simțim că participăm la o conversație sinceră despre ce înseamnă să navighezi printr-o lume care rareori are sens, fără a apela la clișee motivaționale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241992531
ISBN-10: 0241992532
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte celor care apreciază memoriile scrise cu un umor inteligent și o doză sănătoasă de realism. Veți câștiga o perspectivă proaspătă asupra modului în care micile dezastre personale pot deveni surse de înțelepciune. Este lectura ideală pentru cineva care caută să se regăsească în povești despre curajul de a accepta idei aparent „stupide” și de a vedea latura comică a vulnerabilității.

Despre autor

Patrick Freyne este un jurnalist și scriitor irlandez, cunoscut pentru stilul său distinctiv care îmbină observația socială ascuțită cu o sensibilitate aparte. Cariera sa în jurnalism i-a modelat vocea narativă, permițându-i să analizeze realitatea cu un ochi critic, dar întotdeauna empatic. În acest volum de memorii, el își folosește experiența de observator al vieții publice pentru a-și diseca propria biografie, oferind o perspectivă onestă asupra maturizării într-o lume plină de incertitudini.

Notă biografică

Patrick Freyne spent most of his twenties trying to be a rock star before turning to the much more stable and secure world of journalism. He is a features writer at the Irish Times. OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea is his first book.

Recenzii

One of the year's funniest books ... witty, wise and worth returning to again and again
Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating, this book shows life in all its shades. It made me laugh and cry
Warm, wry, charming, absorbing ... It's the most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other
Funny and adorable
I was reminded - very happily reminded - of Kurt Vonnegut. But Patrick Freyne is his own writer and this book is clever, lovely and great, great fun
Patrick Freyne has a distinct and enviable gift for story-telling ... Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY
One of the best-written, smartest and gosh-darn-it funniest books I've read in a very long while
Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant
Whether he's writing about his childhood on a military base, working in a kebab shop with a nazi in his teens, playing in punk bands in his twenties, or grappling with the question of whether to have children, Patrick Freyne is a writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight
A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read
No one makes me laugh like Patrick Freyne
Superb ... The stories move from breathtakingly vulnerable to extraordinarily funny, and all with such skill and lightness of touch. I loved it
I don't know another writer who could balance poignancy and hilarity with such grace ... Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book
Guffaw-out-loud funny
A riotous read from the get-go ... An absolute tonic for our times
F*cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer
Lovely ... It's very worth reading
A wonderful book ... done with a gorgeous twist of humour and great emotional insight ... One of my books of the year
Exquisite ... One of the funniest writers in Ireland
Immensely readable, warm, human and very, very funny
Pixies were loud-quiet-loud. Patrick Freyne is funny-sad-funny. I really loved his new book
Readers are sure to find themselves touched by Freyne's writing ... Delightful
Freyne's thoroughly entertaining debut is a flash of warmth and wit in the darkness
Genuinely moving ... [It] will evoke warmth in anyone who isn't totally sociopathic
A delightful insight into the mind of the hilarious Patrick Freyne
So honest, so funny, and most importantly, 11/10 for self-deprecation
Brilliant ... An absolute mind hug
Freyne's radar is precision-honed to find the madness within the mundane
More moving that I ever expected and somehow funnier than I assumed

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LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021

'One of the year's funniest books' i Paper

'Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating ... It made me laugh and cry' EMILIE PINE, author of Notes to Self
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Patrick Freyne has tried a lot of stupid ideas in his life. Now, he is here to tell you about them: like the time (aged 5) he opened a gate and let a horse out of its field, just to see what would happen; or the time (aged 19) he jumped out of a plane for charity, even though he didn't much care about the charity and was sure he'd end up dead; or the time (aged old enough to know better) he used a magazine as a funnel for fuel when the petrol cap on his band's van broke.

He has also learned a few things: about the power of group song; about the beauty of physically caring for another human being; about childlessness; about losing friends far too young. Life as seen through the eyes of Patrick Freyne is stranger, funnier and a lot more interesting than life as we generally know it. Like David Sedaris or Nora Ephron, he creates an environment all his own - fundamentally comic, sometimes moving, always deeply humane. OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea is a joyous reading experience from an instantly essential new writer.
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'Patrick Freyne is a comic genius' MARIAN KEYES

'Clever, lovely and great, great fun' RODDY DOYLE

'Funny and adorable' NINA STIBBE

'The most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other' DAISY BUCHANAN

'Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant' JOSEPH O'CONNOR

'Wonderful ... One of my books of the year' RYAN TUBRIDY

'Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY' SINÉAD GLEESON

'F*cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer' BLINDBOY BOATCLUB

'A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read' LIZ NUGENT

'Guffaw-out-loud funny' Business Post

'A writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight' MARK O'CONNELL, author of To Be a Machine

 'Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA