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Loading... Up in the Air (2001)by Walter Kirn
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. While there were some moments I enjoyed in this book, it didn't pull me in. It's never a good sign when you have the option to read a book for a few minutes or fold laundry, and you go with the laundry option. I'll be interested to see how the movie turns out - this may be one of those cases where it's actually an improvement. (  ) jlweiss | Apr 23, 2021 |  I still want to spend my life in the air and in airports, just nowhere near these people. (  ) st3t | Aug 3, 2020 | Started out dubious, and got worse from there. ( ) elenaj | Jul 31, 2020 | Un ejemplo en el que el libro no es mejor que la película. De hecho la película no toma del libro más que la profesión y el estilo de vida del protagonista. En el libro asistimos a páginas y páginas de paja queriendo simular el tren de pensamiento desmadejado del protagonista, al estilo último capítulo del Ulises. Hay, todo hay que decirlo, varios diálogos que me gustaron mucho en el libro: -Vamos a la sala VIP. Tengo que hacer unas llamadas. No recomiendo el libro. Es demasiado aburrido. ( ) Remocpi | Apr 22, 2020 | A good read with a turn at the end that is predictable, but not too. (  ) dasam | Jun 21, 2018 |
 Kirn’s prose is splendid, his observations droll and intelligent, his evocations of Airworld pitch-perfect. If only his ambitions did more than snugly fit his grasp. A mild treat from a stubbornly minor novelist still marking literary time somewhere between Don DeLillo and the authors of those fluffy confections readers inhale on summer beaches—or in airports. Has the adaptation
Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate. With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life. No library descriptions found. |
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