Unter Null.

bret easton ellis

Gerade 20 Jahre alt, schreibt 1984 ein amerikanischer Student namens Bret Easton Ellis die Abschlußarbeit für einen Creative-writing-Kurs. Der Schriftsteller Joe McGinnis, sein Lehrer, ist so begeistert, daß er das Manuskript einem angesehenen New Yorker Verlag schickt, wo es unter dem Titel Less Than Zero tatsächlich erscheint.

Unter Null entwickelt sich zum Kultbuch. Die jungen Amerikaner finden sich wieder in B.E. Ellis´ Geschichte von Clay und seinen Freunden im Los Angeles der 80er Jahre, diese Kinder reicher, aber gelangweilter Eltern, die ihrem mondänen Leben zwischen Partys, Sex, Drogen und Gewalt kaum noch einen Kick, geschweige denn einen Sinn abgewinnen können.

»Lindsey und ich gehen die Treppe rauf zur Toilette und ziehen uns auf dem Klo ein bißchen Koks rein. Über dem Waschbecken, auf dem Spiegel, steht in großen schwarzen Buchstaben: “Das Reich des Stumpfsinns”.«

Genres fictioncontemporarynovelsclassicsamericanliteratureliterary fictioncoming of agethe united states of america20th century

188 pages, PRINT

First published May 1,1985

Series

Clay

Places

los angeles california, california,

This edition

Format: 188 pages, PRINT
Published: January 1, 1999 by Kiepenheuer und Witsch
ISBN: 9783462028584
ASIN: 3462028588
Language: German

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About the author

bret easton ellis

Bret Easton Ellis is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters.
When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful. Upon its release the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year.
Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positive reviews. Imperial Bedrooms (2010), marketed as a sequel to Less than Zero, continues in this vein. The Shards (2023) is a fictionalized memoir of Ellis's final year of high school in 1981 Los Angeles.
Four of Ellis's works have been made into films. Less than Zero was adapted in 1987 as a film of the same name, but the film bore little resemblance to the novel. Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho was released in 2000. Roger Avary's adaptation of The Rules of Attraction was released in 2002. The Informers, co-written by Ellis and based on his collection of short stories, was released in 2008. Ellis also wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film The Canyons.