Pharmakon 2008 fierce people 2002, cinematized in 2005 under the same name. Fierce people dirk wittenborn was born in new haven, conn. Dirk wittenborn audio books, best sellers, author bio. In vlyvalle, a golden playground for the superrich, finn discovers a people who are stranger and more savage than any tribe in national geographic. Fifteenyearold finn earls mother, liz, is a thirtytwo yearold masseuse with a taste for cocaine. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Detective and mystery stories women physical therapists police.
Sep 07, 2007 the film, adapted by dirk wittenborn from his novel, follows a workingclass mother and her teenage son from new york into ogdens magic kingdom for a season of disenchantment in the summer of 1980. He spent his teenage years in a community not unlike the fictional village of vlyvalle. Hes the author of two previous novels, eclipse and zoe and has written for television and film. A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in south america studying the yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy exclient in new jersey. Dirk wittenborn born 1952 in new haven, connecticut is an american screenwriter and novelist.
It is written with a wry, sly, sense of humor that undercuts and deflates the morality espoused by the characters in the novel, even as it sympathises with them. Dirk wittenborn was born in new haven, connecticut. Fierce people 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He currently lives in new york city with his wife and daughter. Young finn earl isnt the type to run off with slaves. Will friedrich, a psychopharmacologist at yale in 1951, who. His father was a college psychology professor at yale and then rutgers university. Jul 01, 2003 fierce people is a likeable, fast and very readable book, but especially in its final third also a mixed bag of goods. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn 2003, paperback for.
The film explores many facets of family and societal dysfunction, including drug abuse, mental illness, and rape. Dirk wittenborn is a novelist fierce people, pharmakon, screenwriter, and the emmynominated producer of the hbo documentary born rich. Fierce people s premise of a teenager studying rich people like animals is grating and selfsatisfied, and anton yelchins smug performance makes the film even harder to agree with. Dirk wittenborn is a novelist fierce people, pharmakon, screenwriter and the emmynominated producer of the hbo documentary, born rich. Fierce people is a whacked out hybrid of dickens and salinger, a compelling and movingcomingofage novel. Dropped into a world more savage than anything in national geographic, more cutthroat than anything new yorks grimy downtown streets have to offerthe exclusive rural community of vlyvalle, new jerseyfifteenyearold finn earl and his recovering mother must fight for survival. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn, 9780747561545, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Wittenborn fierce people, 2002 recreates yale in the early 1950s as psychologist william friedrich enters into a lab partnership with dr. The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020.
Fierce people is a whacked out hybrid of dickens and salinger, a compellingand movingcomingofage novel. Buy fierce people by dirk wittenborn online at alibris. Buy a cheap copy of fierce people book by dirk wittenborn. Diane lane and anton yelchin in a scene from fierce people. He was talking about his novel fierce people, which was made into a movie. His nephew is james wittenborn jamie johnson, a film director, with whom he produced the emmynominated hbo documentary born rich. The film explores many facets of family and societal dysfunction, including drug abuse, mental illness and rape.
Jul 05, 2002 dirk wittenborn is a novelist fierce people, pharmakon, screenwriter and the emmynominated producer of the hbo documentary, born rich. He lives in brooklyn with his wife and daughter and summers on the wrong side of the tracks in east hampton, ny. Fierce people lacking in story, taste washington times. Feb 18, 2015 twilights kristen stewart costars with diane lane and donald sutherland in this spellbinding movie about a mother and son plunged into a seductive and destructive world of the privileged class. Zoe 1983 republished 2004 as catwalk eclipse 1980 nonfiction.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn book cover, description, publication history. Griffin dunne adapts dirk wittenborns guiltily pleasurable but not very good emotional. A novel of psychopharmacological experimentation, revenge and family tragedy. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn goodreads share book. He lives in brooklyn with his wife and daughter and summers on the wrong side of the tracks in east hampton, new york. Buy this book life among the rich and twisted proves. Sharp and savvy, fierce people is both a soupedupcoming of age novel and a satire on class and the american aristocracy. I am recommending this book to friends as a must read. Jay mcinerney i found dirk wittenborn s grandly entertaining and wildly ambitious novel, fierce people, to be both hilarious and heartbreaking.
On a sunday morning in july, dirk wittenborn was sitting in the. Fierce people was nothing deep just an enjoyable story. Through her contacts as a masseuse they enter the strange world of the superrich. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn 2002, hardcover for. Wittenborn has a magnetic and intelligent style of writing that could transmogrify a tax refund form into a pageturner. Fierce people is a independent drama thriller film adapted by dirk wittenborn from his novel of the same name. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn, 9780747556800, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Dirk wittenborn, author of pharmakon, on librarything. Blurbs from a whos who of glam writersdominick dunne, bret easton ellis and jay mcinerney, among othersstud this comeback novel by wittenborn his last, zoe, was published in. Sep 21, 2007 scripted by dirk wittenborn based on his book and directed by griffin dunne practical magic, fierce people hypothesizes that rich people are like primitive tribes. A teenage boy, disappointed at being unable to visit his anthropologist father who documents a fierce jungle tribe, moves with his. In this ambitious but flawed novel about drug makers and drug takers, wittenborn fierce people unfurls the cautionary story of dr. The film, adapted by dirk wittenborn from his novel, follows a workingclass. Fierce people is a 2005 independent drama thriller film adapted by dirk wittenborn from his 2002 novel of the same name. Fierce people was nothing deep just an enjoyable story with a main theme somewhat similar to nick carraways disenchantment of wealth in gatsby. I chose to read this book after reading pharmakon by wittenborn, a quirky novel i immensely enjoyed. Fierce people by dirk wittenborn, 9780747598817, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When lizs habit forces them to flee the city, they find protection under the wing of one her clients, ageing billionaire mr osborne. When lizs habit reaches its breaking point, she seeks sanctuary with one of her clients, aging billionaire ogden c. Jay mcinerney i found dirk wittenborns grandly entertaining and wildly ambitious novel, fierce people, to be both hilarious and heartbreaking. Buy fierce people book online at best prices in india on.
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