Day 3: Your favourite book.
Technically, I already did a favourite book yesterday, but fortunately, I have so many of them! Rejoice! This is one of the few English books I have still not read in the original, but I've already read it twice in German: Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel.
This is what the blurb says:
Vincent is an artist. A tortured artist. He suffers from alienation, parental neglect, poverty, depression, alcoholism, illness, nervous breakdowns - and, of course, unrequited love.
But Vincent's suffering is no accident. Unknown to him, his manager and supposed 'friend', Harlan, is being paid to make his life as miserable as possible. The reason is simple: the more pain Vincent endures, the greater the art he produces.
I stumbled across this novel in a box of discarded books at our school library, and I was totally mesmerized by the idea of a mainstream society where music, movies and tv shows are only made to be sold, mass products in the hand of one man whose conscience is nagging him about what he has made society into until he starts this project. Where he tortures people. So they produce art. And not only is the idea incredibly fascinating, it's also a well-crafted story. One of the things I like most about Goebel is the sense of humour which is rather biting and sarcastic. He still manages to relay the more subtle tones as well, though. Oh, and there is so much potential for thought and discussion, which is why I chose this book for the book report I have to do in year 12. And boy, I'm looking forward to it. I'm also finally going to read it in English this summer. Hooray! :)
This is what the blurb says:
Vincent is an artist. A tortured artist. He suffers from alienation, parental neglect, poverty, depression, alcoholism, illness, nervous breakdowns - and, of course, unrequited love.
But Vincent's suffering is no accident. Unknown to him, his manager and supposed 'friend', Harlan, is being paid to make his life as miserable as possible. The reason is simple: the more pain Vincent endures, the greater the art he produces.
I stumbled across this novel in a box of discarded books at our school library, and I was totally mesmerized by the idea of a mainstream society where music, movies and tv shows are only made to be sold, mass products in the hand of one man whose conscience is nagging him about what he has made society into until he starts this project. Where he tortures people. So they produce art. And not only is the idea incredibly fascinating, it's also a well-crafted story. One of the things I like most about Goebel is the sense of humour which is rather biting and sarcastic. He still manages to relay the more subtle tones as well, though. Oh, and there is so much potential for thought and discussion, which is why I chose this book for the book report I have to do in year 12. And boy, I'm looking forward to it. I'm also finally going to read it in English this summer. Hooray! :)