Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody.
Frédéric Beigbeder Books
September 21, 1965
This French author is renowned for his sharp, satirical gaze on modern life and consumer culture. His work is characterized by a blend of cynicism and deep nostalgia, often exploring themes of love, youth, and the search for meaning in a world of superficiality. With an unerring ear for language and a provocative style, Beigbeder dissects the paradoxical nature of contemporary society. His writing is irresistibly entertaining, insightful, and prompts readers to reflect on their own existence.
A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11.
A Life Without End
- 340 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Sapiens meets Dorian Gray in a brutal expose about life and mortality.
Here, translated into English for the first time, are two novels by Frederic Beigbeder, award-winning author of 'Windows on the World'. Both narrated by Marc Marronier, a rich, superficial advertising executive, they take the reader on a journey through the demimonde of Parisian clubs and bars."
L' idéal. Begbeder vozvrashhaet na scenu sobstvennogo dvojnika - geroja romana 99 frankov po imeni Oktav Parango. Uspeshnyj i cinichnyj reklamist priezzhaet v Rossiju: on ishhet novoe reklamnoe lico dlja mirovogo giganta kosmeticheskoj industrii. Zakruzhivshis' v vihre snega, krasavic i kokaina, Oktav neozhidanno dlja sebja bezzavetno vljubljaetsja. V minuty otchajanija on ispoveduetsja znakomomu svjashhenniku v hrame Hrista Spasitelja. Ideal' - vyvernutyj naiznanku roman-ispoved' v russkom kljuche, paradoksal'nyj i ironichnyj tekst o mire, podchinennom diktature mody, glamura i utonchennogo razvrata. A eshhe - o ljubvi: po Turgenevu i po Begbederu.
Vous avez aimé ou vous aimerez 99 francs, le film de Jan Kounen avec Jean Dujardin dans le rôle d'octave, le publicitaire qui pète les plombs. Revenez à la source : le roman de Frédéric Beigbeder, best-seller dans 29 pays, la satire la plus corrosive jamais écrite sur le monde de la communication et la frénésie de la consommation.
Beigbeders nouveau roman explore le drame du 11 septembre à travers les pensées de Carthew Yorston, un agent immobilier texan, et ses fils, pris au restaurant 'Windows on the World' lors de l'attaque. L'auteur dresse un tableau de sa génération, confrontée à la destruction de ses valeurs superficielles par cet événement tragique.
Frédéric Beigbeder, geboren 1965 in Neuilly sur Seine, studierte Politikwissenschaft und lebt als Kritiker und Schriftsteller in Paris. Außerdem war er zehn Jahre lang als Texter in einer renommierten Werbeagentur tätig. Er hat bislang fünf Romane veröffentlicht.
