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Brain: The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World: A Satire (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Dermot Davis (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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It's the classic dilemma of the writer: Do you write what's in your heart or do you write what sells? Daniel Waterstone wants to write the great American novel. He has two literary books in print but no one's buying. His agent won't accept his latest masterpiece because it's not deemed commercial. In a final act of desperation, Daniel decides to write - not what's in his heart but - what he thinks will sell. It's a decision that has changed not just the publishing industry but the world as we know it.

San Francisco Book Review

Four Time Award-Winning Novel

GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN THE 2015 READERS FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS
FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS
READER VIEWS READERS CHOICE 2014 AWARD-WINNER
SOMERSET AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNER 2013

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Dermot is an Irish writer who splits his time between Ireland and the US. His creative work encompasses varied genres and styles with a special focus on human themes and characters transformed by life experience. He is a Gold Medalist Winner in the 2015 READER'S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD, a SOMERSET AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNER 2013, a First Place Winner in the 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS and a Finalist in the 2013 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. As a playwright, Dermot is a recipient of the O.Z. Whitehead Award which was co-sponsored by Irish Pen and the Society of Irish Playwrights.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DF3ZFJA
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Expression Unleashed Publishing (2 dicembre 2013)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
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  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 231 pagine
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Sue Thomas
4,0 su 5 stelle Brain Freeze!
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 20 gennaio 2020
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Took a while to get into this book, like the story theme, I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be satiracly funny or contemparily dark. I recognised how well written the story was and thankfully persevered ending up inanely chuckling along.
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Ruftara
4,0 su 5 stelle Hugely funny piece of satirical writing. Very enjoyable.
Recensito in Canada il 9 febbraio 2016
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The book is an interesting satirical study which had me laughing out loud quite a bit of the time. It is also quite tragic in the way it depicts the gullibility of a huge number of readers who are seeking answers to sometimes unanswerable questions. I think there is a depth in the book which for me requires a re-read.
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4,0 su 5 stelle An Uncommon Book about Common Books
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 19 ottobre 2013
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Daniel is an author of literary fiction, and his novels are award winners. Readers of classic literature love them, but these readers don't represent a very large portion of the book-buying market. His agent is less than sympathetic with his plight. She agrees that his books are good, but she doesn't need good books, she needs books that will sell, and she tells him his next two won't. She won't even try to find a publisher for them.

In order not to starve, he has to write something that will sell, but he can't reduce himself to writing popular genre fiction, and besides, he's not familiar enough with it to try. When he sees a line at a bookstore for a book signing by the author of a very popular self-help book, he has an inspiration. Satire is respectable, so he commits himself to writing (under a pen name) a satire about the popularity of current self-help books. He makes it so outrageous, even cranks, crazies, desperate seekers, and the extremely credulous will not be able to take it seriously, and it will point out just how silly the whole thing is. His new book gets published (despite the fact that his agent initially wants to reject it), and it surprisingly becomes a bestseller--not as satire, but as a `serious' self-help book. Soon, it has a cult following, and Daniel is both relieved and dismayed.

I found several scenes hilarious, and the satire about the state of traditional publishing and the plight of authors rung all too true. Anyone who has suffered through a few of the more dreadful recent bestsellers will understand.

The story is wonderfully imaginative. The characters are believable. The prose, for the most part, is pretty good, although it could use another round of editing--not for typos but mainly for sentence structure and capitalization.

I recommend this one to all writers, especially those struggling with the choice between writing what they think is good and writing what they think will sell.
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Andrew
5,0 su 5 stelle Hilarious
Recensito in Germania il 4 luglio 2013
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I loved this book. It's funny, imaginative and captivating. I connected with the themes immediately, which kept me reading with vivid interest until the end. The characters are rich and the protagonist - Daniel - is someone that I looked forward to spend time with at each opportunity I had to continue reading. Dermot Davis' writing style flows like a river in the summer, it's easy to get along with and a joy to experience. This is a must read for anyone interested in writing or anything to do with that field, but also I would recommend it to everyone purely because it will make you laugh, and it will make you smile.
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5,0 su 5 stelle Well-written and enthralling!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 20 maggio 2015
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Daniel Waterstone has had aspirations to be a successful and famous writer, one that would follow the chains of Steinbeck and Faulkner. Fantasies about it often overwhelmed and clouded his head.

Although somewhat prideful and arrogant at his graduation, Daniel had a point. “Our literature has been in decline for decades. Loopy fads and fantasy genres, of questionable merit, now clog our once-great literary arteries.” (3) There was an “urgency” for a revival of great American literature.

Now, 10 years later, he is living as a “true” artist—in a run-down apartment with a bed, a desk, and a typewriter. He was the poor, starving artist. But he did win that writer’s award in college. Yeah, that’ll pay the bills.

I liked this book because it authenticated the struggles and passions of a real writer trying to come up with the next great story while also trying to make a buck. Aren’t we all?

But to hear the words: “Nobody is buying what you write. No one is buying your books…Your work has no commercial appeal.” (15) Heartbreaking. Of course, the classic was Daniel’s reaction—utter freeze mode. “I don’t have anything else. This was it. This is it. I poured my soul into these pages…agonized over every single word, every phrase, every description…every vowel.” (17)

A question that every writer must ask is: What do I write? Do I write something the market wants and that will sell? Or do I write what I want?

“Idiots do not have the intellectual capacity to identify genius. All that idiots are mentally equipped to recognize are other idiots.” (32) But what do they read? “People are miserable and are leading lives filled with a mix of boredom and pain. Books help them to escape all that.” (37)

But “[Daniel] didn’t want to pimp out his genuine talents and become a hack, just to sell books and become ‘popular.” (41) But he was broke and he needed to do something.

“As frustrating as it may be…you can only watch from the sidelines as your baby grows up. In most cases, they die or, more likely, stall in infancy. In some rare cases, however, a book becomes a monster. Whether we like it or not, once it goes public, a book takes on a life of its own.” (72)

“People say that it’s good to have an open mind but the best kind of mind to have is one that’s totally vacant.” (131)

The agent is crazy! In fact, the entire publication spectrum was crazy—yet accurate. For a dream to finally come true but to have none of the fulfilling qualities one anticipated seemed lyrical, ironic and, to paraphrase Daniel, satirical.

The novel explores the dark, cold recess of the publishing world along with a slew of ineffable, metaphysical possibilities.

Well-written and enthralling, this smart and witty novel is a must-read! Funny, sorrowful, and relatable. It will stay with you long after you’re done.
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