Strah i požuda u New Yorku

by Hunter S. Thompson, Damir Biličić (Translator)

Mescalito, Smrt pjesnikova, Screwjack, Princ meduza i Plamen u preponama naslovi su pet priča okupljenih u ovoj zbirci u kojima se jasno nazire isprepletenost stvarnih i književnih likova, odnosno nezanemariva razina autobiografskih elemenata. Kroz glavne likove, koji su pod utjecajem ili droge ili alkohola, autor progovara o svom raskalašenom i kontroverznom načinu življenja, pa i stvaralaštva.

123 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism alongside Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He gained prominence with Hell's Angels, living among the motorcycle club to provide a first-hand account of their lives, and later wrote the unconventional article "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved," which established his signature Gonzo journalism style, in which the writer becomes central to the narrative. He is best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, serialized in Rolling Stone, exploring the failure of the 1960s counterculture, adapted for film in 1980 and 1998. Thompson ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, on the Freak Power ticket and became known for his intense disdain for Richard Nixon, covering George McGovern's 1972 campaign for Rolling Stone in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. His output declined in the mid-1970s due to fame and substance abuse, though he continued writing sporadically for outlets including Rolling Stone, Playboy, Esquire, and ESPN.com, with much of his work collected in The Gonzo Papers. Thompson was known for lifelong alcohol and drug use, love of firearms, and contempt for authority, often noting that such vices "worked for him." He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Virginia Davison Ray, a librarian, and Jack Robert Thompson, an insurance adjuster, and grew up in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood. After his father’s death, his mother raised him and his two brothers. An athletic youth, he co-founded the Hawks Athletic Club, attended several schools including Louisville Male High School, and became a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association, contributing to its yearbook until expelled for criminal activity. He enlisted in the Air Force, studying electronics and becoming sports editor of the Command Courier, then worked briefly for Time and local newspapers before moving to Puerto Rico to write for El Sportivo and the San Juan Star. He traveled to South America for the National Observer, then lived in Big Sur, where he worked as a caretaker and security guard and published his first magazine feature and short story. Thompson married Sandra Dawn Conklin, with whom he had a son, Juan, and continued writing, experimenting with dextroamphetamine and later cocaine. His reporting on the Hell's Angels and coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention shaped his political outlook. After Hell's Angels, he published for national magazines and critiqued the hippie movement, then moved to Woody Creek, Colorado, establishing his home Owl Farm. In 1970, he pioneered Gonzo journalism with his Kentucky Derby article, later collaborating with illustrator Ralph Steadman, and began writing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, combining fiction and reportage. His coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign broke traditional boundaries of political reporting. Thompson struggled with fame and substance abuse, missing assignments such as the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, and retreated to Owl Farm, continuing to write sporadically. He produced The Gonzo Papers, contributed to The San Francisco Examiner, and published memoir Kingdom of Fear in 2003. He married Anita Bejmuk in 2003, and in 2005 took his own life at Owl Farm. Thompson’s Gonzo style blurred fiction and nonfiction, placing himself at the center of his narratives, often creating a mythic persona, Raoul Duke. His political beliefs included support for drug legalization, firearm rights, civil liberties, and skepticism of official narratives, and he engaged in advocacy through the Fourth Amendment Foundation and NORML. Posthumously, scholarships in his name support journalism students and veterans. Thompson remains a cult figure, celebrated for his audacious, immersive writing, fearless social critique, and enduring influence o

Reviews

[iva° · Rating 3 out of 5]

nije me impresionirao... štivo za jedno poslijepodne, čita se brzo, naiskap, dinamičan je, ali kao da se ne usudi biti brutalan i ogoljen do kosti (poput bukowskog ili henry millera, npr.). najviše smisla ima mi priča "princ meduza", najdorađenija je, a u ostale četiri kao da se nižu misli i događaji bez nekog jasnog smisla.
ono kad džanki i alkoholičar krene zapisivati o čemu razmišlja i kuda ga dan vodi, uz nekoliko iskrica spretnih igri riječima... meh.

[Sara Zovko · Rating 3 out of 5]

5 manje poznatih kratkih priča ovog pisca došle su mi kao odlična popodnevna razbibriga. Ova knjižica sa nešto više od 100 strana nudi duhovite priče, priče tipične za ovog pisca, pomaknute, drugačije, iskrene i neobične.

[Genndy · Rating 5 out of 5]

H. S. Thompson je , baš kao i Bukowski, jedan od onih pisaca koje raznorazni objavljivači nakon autorove smrti u beskraj eksploatiraju, prodajući samo uz pomoć čudotvorne moći imena legendarnog autora hrpe njihova odbačenog smeća, žvrljotina, nesuvislih i nedovršenih skica i (uglavnom s pravom) neobjavljenih radova. Ipak, ova je knjiga Thompsonovih manje poznatih i do sad neobjavljenih priča, za divno čudo, veoma zabavna i čitljiva. Usprkos beskrajno imbecilnom pogovoru (koji je već postao nekom vrstom zaštitnog znaka Šarenog dućana) ovu knjigu se svakako isplati pročitati. Jedini prigovor je u tome što je knjiga tako kratka (tek oko bijednih 120 stranica, i to skupa s beskrajno imbecilnim pogovorom).

New read:

This is a collection of Croatian translations of some previously uncollected Hunter's work. Stories are fucking brilliant, witty, insane and/or hillarious, especially Mescalito, Prince Jellyfish and Fire in the Nuts, which are some of the most amusing author's material.

[Ivana Hajdinić · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neznam kaj da kažem o ovoj knjigi, ali vrlo interesantan pogled u svijet droge i alkohola