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- Publication Date
- 2024-07-16
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780593730355
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593730356
ISBN-13
9780593730355
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4063410275
Product Key Features
Book Title
Banal Nightmare : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-044556
Reviews
"Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris, "Halle Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris "In Butler's world, everyone hates each other, every day is excruciating in its mundanity, every thought is the beginning of an Escherian journey round and round in hell, and somehow the whole thing is unbelievably funny. With the force of an episode of marijuana psychosis and the extreme detail of a hyperrealistic work of art, Banal Nightmare attempts transcendence through anxiety and dissociation, nailing a series of contemporary characters--better pray you're not one of them--to the wall." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror "This is a masterpiece, Butler's best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny. I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. . . . An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B. Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran " Banal Nightmare is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This is the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. With the comprehensive social gaze of Balzac and the cold logic of Renata Adler, Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace, "Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare is a masterpiece, her best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. This novel exhibits an eerily spot-on understanding of the private mind as it delves deep into an array of lives, revealing harrowing experiences of loneliness, love, heartbreak, abuse, malaise, depression, obsession, hatred, and revenge. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed-down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny, I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran "Oh man, this book! Halle Butler's new novel is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an intense, exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. With the comprehensive social gaze of Balzac and the cold logic of Renata Adler, Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace "Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris, "Halle Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris "Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning thirty-seven and realizing you hate everybody you know. It's also about trying to become an adult while living in--and through--this unregulated, neoliberal, late-capitalist version of the internet with which we are presently saddled. . . . So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant." --Zadie Smith "In Butler's world, everyone hates each other, every day is excruciating in its mundanity, every thought is the beginning of an Escherian journey round and round in hell, and somehow the whole thing is unbelievably funny. With the force of an episode of marijuana psychosis and the extreme detail of a hyperrealistic work of art, Banal Nightmare attempts transcendence through anxiety and dissociation, nailing a series of contemporary characters--better pray you're not one of them--to the wall." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror "This is a masterpiece, Butler's best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny. I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. . . . An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B. Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran " Banal Nightmare is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This is the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. With the comprehensive social gaze of Balzac and the cold logic of Renata Adler, Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace "Butler writes with a bee-sting-sharp sense of humor and irony, and nothing is sacred, not Hillary Clinton, not Ruth Bader Ginsburg, not Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before Congress. What's most surprising is that this cooler-than-the-cool-kids novel actually has an emotional center that will make your pulse race. . . . A tart, irreverent rant of a novel that takes a sharp turn toward something more serious." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "Halle Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris "Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning thirty-seven and realizing you hate everybody you know. It's also about trying to become an adult while living in--and through--this unregulated, neoliberal, late-capitalist version of the internet with which we are presently saddled. . . . So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant." --Zadie Smith "In Butler's latest novel, Banal Nightmare, about a bunch of self-described creatives muddling through the Midwest, she spares no one. . . . They are all unhappy and unfulfilled and put one another through huge amounts of psychic torture in the name of nothing at all. It's very funny. . . . Butler's real skill isn't merely skewing these people . . . Her talent lies in depicting how these sore winners think, and the quiet madness that comes from measuring every interaction in your life by what might be gained in power and status." -- The New York Review of Books "With the force of an episode of marijuana psychosis and the extreme detail of a hyperrealistic work of art, Banal Nightmare attempts transcendence through anxiety and dissociation, nailing a series of contemporary characters--better pray you're not one of them--to the wall." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror "This is a masterpiece, Butler's best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny. I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. . . . An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B. Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran " Banal Nightmare is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This is the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. . . . Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace "A tart, irreverent rant of a novel that takes a sharp turn toward something more serious." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Daring readers will eagerly turn the page to see their own unspeakable thoughts exposed. . . . Butler . . . delivers an emotionally riveting account of modern adulthood through different states of failures." -- Booklist, "Halle Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris "Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning thirty-seven and realizing you hate everybody you know. It's also about trying to become an adult while living in--and through--this unregulated, neoliberal, late-capitalist version of the internet with which we are presently saddled. . . . So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant." --Zadie Smith "In Butler's world, everyone hates each other, every day is excruciating in its mundanity, every thought is the beginning of an Escherian journey round and round in hell, and somehow the whole thing is unbelievably funny. With the force of an episode of marijuana psychosis and the extreme detail of a hyperrealistic work of art, Banal Nightmare attempts transcendence through anxiety and dissociation, nailing a series of contemporary characters--better pray you're not one of them--to the wall." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror "This is a masterpiece, Butler's best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny. I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. . . . An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B. Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran " Banal Nightmare is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This is the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. With the comprehensive social gaze of Balzac and the cold logic of Renata Adler, Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace "Butler writes with a bee-sting-sharp sense of humor and irony, and nothing is sacred, not Hillary Clinton, not Ruth Bader Ginsburg, not Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before Congress. What's most surprising is that this cooler-than-the-cool-kids novel actually has an emotional center that will make your pulse race. . . . A tart, irreverent rant of a novel that takes a sharp turn toward something more serious." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Daring readers will eagerly turn the page to see their own unspeakable thoughts exposed . . . Butler delivers an emotionally riveting account of modern adulthood through different states of failures." -- Booklist, "Halle Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated." --David Sedaris "Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning thirty-seven and realizing you hate everybody you know. It's also about trying to become an adult while living in--and through--this unregulated, neoliberal, late-capitalist version of the internet with which we are presently saddled. . . . So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant." --Zadie Smith "In Butler's latest novel, Banal Nightmare , about a bunch of self-described creatives muddling through the Midwest, she spares no one. . . . They are all unhappy and unfulfilled and put one another through huge amounts of psychic torture in the name of nothing at all. It's very funny. . . . Butler's real skill isn't merely skewing these people . . . Her talent lies in depicting how these sore winners think , and the quiet madness that comes from measuring every interaction in your life by what might be gained in power and status." -- The New York Review of Books "With the force of an episode of marijuana psychosis and the extreme detail of a hyperrealistic work of art, Banal Nightmare attempts transcendence through anxiety and dissociation, nailing a series of contemporary characters--better pray you're not one of them--to the wall." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror "This is a masterpiece, Butler's best book yet. It burns with a wild, unforgiving fire, making most other novels seem vague and ho-hum in comparison. No feeling is skipped over. No thought is simplified. No idea is dumbed down. Like a knife dancing through air, it's a manic, nerve-wracking read, painful and so weirdly funny. I felt gripped by it from beginning to end. . . . An unapologetic, totally original, modern marvel." --Rachel B. Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran " Banal Nightmare is a blistering assault on contemporary pieties about art and love, an epic Woolfian tapestry of perfect comic rants, terrifying panic attacks, and, most gratifying of all, sincere attempts at human connection. This is the best, most ambitious book yet by one of my favorite writers." --Andrew Martin, author of Early Work "Brilliantly observed and unsparing, Banal Nightmare is an exhilarating, often-hilarious kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary relationships. . . . Halle Butler conjures a latticework structure of life, rage, dark humor, and incalculable grace." --Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace "A tart, irreverent rant of a novel that takes a sharp turn toward something more serious." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Daring readers will eagerly turn the page to see their own unspeakable thoughts exposed. . . . Butler . . . delivers an emotionally riveting account of modern adulthood through different states of failures." -- Booklist
Synopsis
A "vividly, chillingly current" ( The Washington Post ) novel by the author of The New Me , one of the boldest voices in American fiction "So searingly precise in [its] ability to capture a certain moment or experience that you have to stop every few pages to send another perfect quote to your group chat."-- The New York Times "So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant."--Zadie Smith "Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated."--David Sedaris A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Margaret Anne "Moddie" Yance had just returned to her native land in the Midwestern town of X, to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small apartment with a man she now believed to be a megalomaniac or perhaps a covert narcissist. So begins Halle Butler's sadistically precise and hilarious Banal Nightmare, which follows Moddie as she abruptly ends her long-term relationship and moves back to her hometown, throwing herself at the mercy of her old friends as they, all suddenly tipping toward middle age, go to parties, size each other up, obsess over past slights, dream of wild triumphs, and indulge in elaborate revenge fantasies. When her friend Pam invites a mysterious East Coast artist to take up a winter residency at the local university, Moddie has no choice but to confront the demons of her past and grapple with the reality of what her life has become. As the day of reckoning approaches, friends will become enemies, enemies will become mortal enemies, and old loyalties will be tested to their extreme. Banal Nightmare is filled with complicated characters who will dazzle you in their rendering just as often as they will infuriate you with their decisions. Halle Butler singularly captures the volatile, angry, aggrieved, surreal, and entirely disorienting atmosphere of the modern era., A "vividly, chillingly current" ( The Washington Post ) novel by the author of The New Me , one of the boldest voices in American fiction "[Halle Butler's] talent lies in depicting how these sore winners think, and the quiet madness that comes from measuring every interaction in your life by what might be gained in power and status. . . . [ Banal Nightmare is] her most accomplished novel." -- The New York Review of Books "So funny, so smart, utterly vicious--just brilliant."--Zadie Smith "Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should be studied and celebrated."--David Sedaris A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In a Midwestern college town at the height of the Me Too era, a group of simultaneously self-flagellating and self-aggrandizing pseudo-academics sit around, think, and send one another insulting emails. As the impulses and memories they have barely managed to repress begin to surface, their relationships become increasingly deranged. Banal Nightmare captures the volatile, surreal, and entirely disorienting atmosphere of the modern era.
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PS3602.U8716B36 2024
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- m***m (2297)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (43)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.