An edition of Palo Alto (2010)

Palo Alto

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An edition of Palo Alto (2010)

Palo Alto

  • 2.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 9 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.

Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party.  In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life.

These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.

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224

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Cover of: Palo Alto
Palo Alto: Stories
May 06, 2014, Scribner
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Cover of: Palo Alto
Palo Alto
2011, Faber & Faber, Limited, Faber and Faber
in English
Cover of: Palo Alto
Palo Alto: stories
2010, Scribner
in English - 1st Scribner hardcover ed.

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Library of Congress
PS3606.R37523

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Open Library
OL28469842M
Internet Archive
paloaltostories0000fran
ISBN 13
9780571273188
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Enjoyability 1 Engaging 100% Difficulty 1 Juvenile 100% Breadth 1 Shallow 100% Mood 1 Melancholy 100% Content Warnings 1 Adult themes 33% Racism 33% Insensitivity 33%

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