vendredi 17 juin 2011

What I don't like to read...

...is arrogant contemporary literature. You know, those books people are in awe about, because they are so original; indeed, there was a time when finding the "f" word three times a line, might have been considered as original. "He depicts the real world, its violence". Yet, using the same successful recipe over and over leads to a certain fading of the term "originality". The sold-out novels usually depicts characters who could be glamorous because of their social status but who are desperately self-focused, generally into drugs and evolving in an underground (if not parallel) environment. They usually use a lot of chemical substances to lift up their spirits and cheer up, because being rich is oh so difficult. Speaking normally seems to be so as well, as a normal conversation must necessarily contain at least a couple of "s***" and three "f***" to keep the high level of introspection of the characters. Gloomy words, gloomy world, gloomy work...
I've read this, and I liked doing so in order to get to know one or two novels of the kind. However, I don't quite get the fuss about it, given that it describes only the world of a few, not that of the vast majority.
What I dislike is not misery being depicted; rather that self-sufficient, disillusioned tone used to talk about issues that might touch only people who are well-off enough to afford wasting money and health in drug, sex and crimes. Words are so precious, they are fascinating when they describe this lost generation, but even more so when they are used to make me see the couple of few good parts of real world.

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