I’ve never read anything by Bradbury before (despite actually knowing his granddaughter), but I saw this and decided to give it a shot. The imagery in it is beautiful, and the emotions are raw. The Zero Meter Diving Team is the story of a trio of brothers and their experiences with Chernobyl, with one working there, one living nearby and being on the river at the time of the explosion and the third being part of the bureaucracy called in to help with the clean up. This one was actually quite a sad read, unsurprising given the subject matter, though I was immediately drawn to it because of the subject matter. It just doesn’t fit together as well as some of the others I’ve read. If this is your first time reading something by Palahniuk I would suggest picking something else to start with even if this one is comparatively tame by his standards. Though I was still surprised by the ending at least. This one is a little different to the other stories I’ve read by Palahniuk and didn’t hold my attention nearly as much as the others. What I will say about Cannibal is, that I started reading it not long before I needed to go somewhere and lost track of time and was very nearly late to where I was going, only to have to find the last of the story on my phone and read it once I got there. Go check out Guts if you like this one though, that is one of the most disturbing things I have ever read. I won’t spoil this one too much because it is quite short and Chuck Palahniuk is known for his twists and turns. That being said, this one is not my favourite of his short stories. So, if you’ve never read any of Chuck Palahniuk’s books or short stories then you are in for quite the treat. Read a short story, one with less than 5000 words (The quote above is from Chuck Palahniuk)Ĭategory: 20.
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Before we jump in though, the first two on this list are definitely a little more gory than many people can handle so feel free to skip past them if that’s not your thing. Rather than just one short story there’s 4 here! Enjoy! All these stories were available online so I’ve included the links for you to read them if you wish. Purchase Chuck Palahniuk - Haunted from Amazon.Okay, so this one is going to be a little different in format. For instance, "Obsolete," about a young girl about to commit state-mandated suicide, and "Slumming," about rich couples who pretend to be homeless, play so deftly with expectations and have an emotional core so surprising that they consistently, powerfully transcend their macabre premises to showcase the heart beating beneath the horrors. Palahniuk tells his story with such blithe disregard for these characters that it's hard not to wish he had dispensed with the novel altogether and published, instead, the 23 short stories that pop up throughout the book. They raise the stakes of their story by first depriving themselves of phones, and then of food and electricity eventually they cut off their own fingers, toes and unmentionables before they start dying off and eating each other.
The novel intersperses the writers' poems and short stories with tales of the indignities they heap upon themselves after deciding to turn their lives into a "true-life horror story with a happy ending." They lock themselves in the theater, reasoning that once they're found, they'll all become rich and famous. But such generosity of spirit is not evident in his latest, which charts the trials of a group of aspiring writers brought together for a three-month writer's retreat in an abandoned theater.
What elevates Palahniuk's best novels (e.g., Fight Club) above their shocking premises is his ability to find humanity in deeply grotesque characters.
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