a group of aspiring writers brought together for a three-month writer's retreat in an abandoned theater. 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. 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.

恰克·帕拉尼克,1962 年出生于美国,是当代最负盛名的“邪典小说家”,在全世界范围内拥有大量忠实的粉丝和拥趸。

他毕业于俄勒冈大学新闻学院,三十多岁时开始写作。他的第一部作品《失眠：如果你住在这里,你就已经到家了》始终没有完成,第二部小说《隐形怪物》被出版社退稿。第三 部小说《搏击俱乐部》被大卫·芬奇改编成电影之后,他得到了来自全世界的关注和认可。之后他陆续出版了《窒息》《摇篮曲》《日记》《逃亡者与难民》等作品,这些作品混合了讽刺、戏剧、恐怖、真实与美丽等元素,是一种独特的超现实主义黑色幽默。

《人物周刊》说 “他有一种独特的天赋”,《新闻周刊》说“他是长期以来最新鲜、最有趣的作家之一”,还有媒体说“他综合了海明威的阳刚与古罗马讽刺诗人尤文纳尔的嘲讽”,并预言他会跻身文学巨匠之列。总之,他的“独创性”令他脱颖而出。

恰克·帕拉尼克作品年表：

虚构类：

《搏击俱乐部》 Fight Club (1996)

《残存者》 Survivor (1999)

《隐形怪物》 Invisible Monsters (1999)

《窒息》 Choke (2001)

《摇篮曲》 Lullaby (2002)

《日记》 Diary (2003)

《肠子》 Haunted (2005)

《咆哮》 Rant (2007)

《鼻烟》 Snuff (2008)

《侏儒》 Pygmy (2009)

《全面告知》 Tell-All (2010)

非虚构类：

《逃亡者与难民》

Fugitives and Refugees:A Walk in Portland,Oregon (2003)

《比虚构更离奇：真实的故事》

Stranger Than Fiction:True Stories (2004)