false <![CDATA[Requiem for a Dream]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170344187m/46945.jpg 46945 9 <div>Over twenty years after its first publication in 1978, Requiem for a Dream makes it to the big screen in a major motion picture starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the highly acclaimed director of Pi, the movie was released in November 2000. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams. "Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists. His work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky's....To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." -- The New York Times Book Review</div> 526038 1978 Requiem for a Dream total:1325|5:505|4:522|3:234|2:51|1:13| 1325 5430 2129 148 5 3 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 09 13:39:55 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:39:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:10:44 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 02:08:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 06 20:41:08 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 20:53:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 09 12:52:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 13:54:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu May 01 14:01:49 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 13:49:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Aug 20 14:27:16 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 09:28:10 -0700 2007
The Requiem is for the dream three twenty-something's have to sell heroin and live a trouble free life. We will also put to rest the d...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 17:01:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 21:36:53 -0800 2009
And what's up with cramming everyone's dialogue into the same parag...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:51:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:00:07 -0800 2008 Night of the Gun (which is a more autobiographical, journalistic account of its author's drug-addled years as an addict). Selby also sounds like an inspiration for current urban writers...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 13:14:49 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 15:21:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 04 13:18:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:55:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Apr 26 14:05:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 15:06:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:57:04 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 23:30:31 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:33:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:46:08 -0700 2008 twice more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jun 28 19:32:46 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 19:40:22 -0700 2008
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I have not yet finished this story, but I can tell you, I can already tell that I am going to love every single page until the end. I must admit though, I did watch the movie before the book. Watching the movie before reading might actually help with the book, si...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 28 14:31:58 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 15:03:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 09:52:21 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 09:52:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Nov 12 14:00:59 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 14:27:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 04 18:11:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 04 10:39:26 -0700 2009 Requiem for a Dream, you don't have to know the book is about drug addicts to know this is going to be a tragic, disturbing, dark read. because it is. completely and utterly. as in, i almost put it down in the last 20 pages because it gets so graphic and awful.

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