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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140100180
ISBN-139780140100181
eBay Product ID (ePID)49737
Product Key Features
Book TitleBasketball Diaries : the Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1987
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Literary, Sociology / Urban
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJim Carroll
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN87-025496
Reviews"His terse wit, with its archly contrived navet, transforms The Basketball Diaries, a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."- -Newsweek , "Filled with a kind of vitality. . . a remarkable account of New York City's lower depths." -New York Times "His terse wit, with its archly contrived navet, transforms The Basketball Diaries , a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."- -Newsweek "A generational hit." -Esquire
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Grade ToUP
SynopsisThe urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that conveys his alternately hilarious and terrifying teenage existence. Here is Carroll prowling New York City--playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high, getting hooked, and searching for something pure. The Basketball Diaries was the basis for the film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio. "I met him in 1970, and already he was pretty much universally recognized as the best poet of his generation. . . . The work was sophisticated and elegant. He had beauty." -- Patti Smith
LC Classification NumberPS3553.A7644Z464
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- 19. Jun. 2016
No laughing matter
This is an autobiographical journal of an urban urchin lost in the world of drug addiction. Author Jim Carroll takes his readers on a down-and-dirty and down-right frightening roller coaster ride. You'll be amazed by the honesty with which this book is written. If you are a serious reader who takes interest in the lives of other people, read this book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Dez. 2016
Timely with the rapid addiction problem
I recommend you watch Jim Carroll in a few youtube interviews before reading the book. Also there was a film made, and opposite the usual idea that the book is better than the film, the book is not better. The film was what got me interested in the book. So, watch him first as an introduction to the book and you'll appreciate and understand his "style" a little better. It was a quick read, one afternoon by the fire. It's an amazing glimpse into a heroin addicts thought process and life style. Even thought it was decades ago, it still gives you some idea of how they process life.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Okt. 2018
Great and cheap
Really good book for low priceBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
