James Christopher Frey (born September 12, 1969) is an American writer. His books A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), as well as Bright Shiny Morning (2008),[1] were bestsellers. He was the subject of a scandal when investigators discovered that prison time and the extent of certain injuries were exaggerated in A Million Little Pieces, a purportedly autobiographical account of the author's struggle with addiction.
A Million Little Pieces is a semi-fictional[1] memoir by James Frey. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug abuser and how he copes with rehabilitation in a twelve steps-oriented treatment center. While initially promoted as a memoir, it was later discovered that many of the events described in the book never happened.
The badly tattered James awakens on an airplane to Chicago, with no recollection of his injuries or of how he ended up on the plane. He is met by his parents at the airport, who take him to a rehabilitation clinic. We find out that James is 23 years old, and has been an alcoholic for ten years, and a crack addict for three. He is also wanted by the police in three different states on several charges.
As he checks into the rehab clinic, he is forced to quit his substance abuse, a transition that we find out later probably saves his life, but is also an incredibly agonizing event. As part of this, he is forced to undergo a series of painful root canals, without any anesthesia because of possible negative reactions to the drugs. He copes with the pain by squeezing tennis balls until his nails crack (when challenged on this incident, specifically, during his second Oprah appearance, Frey said that it may have been "more than one" root canal procedure and may or may not have included Novocaine, as he remembers it).
The book follows Frey through the painful experiences that lead up to his eventual release from the center, including his participation in the clinic's family program with his parents, despite his strong desire not to. Throughout the novel, Frey speaks of the "Fury" he is fighting, which he sees as the cause of his desire to drink alcohol and use drugs. The "Fury" could be seen as the antagonist of the novel, because he believes that he will not be able to recover until he learns to ignore it or "kill it."
Frey meets many interesting people in the clinic, with whom he forms relationships and who play an important role in his life both during and after his time in the clinic. These people include a mafia boss who plays a vital role in his recovery (subject of Frey's subsequent book My Friend Leonard), and a woman drug addict with whom he falls in love, despite strict rules forbidding contact between men and women at the clinic. James finally recovers and never relapses. Frey makes frequent use of this stream of consciousness writing technique, which allows the reader to better understand his version of the events. Frey's unique writing style also involves his capitalizing nouns throughout the book for unclear reasons. Frey also uses heavy repetition of words throughout the text.
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去年鼕天在機場百無聊賴的等待登機時看到此書,同樣是以坐飛機為開頭,是機緣吧。匆匆忙忙半年過去瞭,纔真正拿起它,當溫習英文的讀物瞭。Fiction or Non-fiction 其實隻是齣版社給與的定位,外國齣版社有時會為瞭避免不必要的責任將書定位為non-fiction。重要的是在北美生活...
評分“When you get down, or you don’t think you can fucking do this anymore, just hold on, and sooner or latter, the shit is gonna get better.” This is what Leonard, James’s friend told him. And when the Fury rose, he just let it be. A million little pieces ...
評分“When you get down, or you don’t think you can fucking do this anymore, just hold on, and sooner or latter, the shit is gonna get better.” This is what Leonard, James’s friend told him. And when the Fury rose, he just let it be. A million little pieces ...
評分“When you get down, or you don’t think you can fucking do this anymore, just hold on, and sooner or latter, the shit is gonna get better.” This is what Leonard, James’s friend told him. And when the Fury rose, he just let it be. A million little pieces ...
評分去年鼕天在機場百無聊賴的等待登機時看到此書,同樣是以坐飛機為開頭,是機緣吧。匆匆忙忙半年過去瞭,纔真正拿起它,當溫習英文的讀物瞭。Fiction or Non-fiction 其實隻是齣版社給與的定位,外國齣版社有時會為瞭避免不必要的責任將書定位為non-fiction。重要的是在北美生活...
圖書標籤: JamesFrey 英文原版 Addiction 英文 小說 AUDIOBOOK ★ FICTION
if you really hate your life and are whining about it all the time, this book will comfort you a bit. no matter how much your life sucks, it cannot compete with this. personally, i think it belongs to "mental help" section, instead of "fiction".
評分Actually very good writing, but unfortunately, a shameless lie.
評分懷念那個曾經是憤青的自己. Lily是一個女孩子所能擁有的最美麗的名字.
評分去年鼕天在機場百無聊賴的等待登機時看到此書,同樣是以坐飛機為開頭,是機緣吧。匆匆忙忙半年過去瞭,纔真正拿起它,當溫習英文的讀物瞭。Fiction or Non-fiction 其實隻是齣版社給與的定位,外國齣版社有時會為瞭避免不必要的責任將書定位為non-fiction。重要的是在北美生活度過青年的我,深感太多那裏的人都有著Addiction問題,也許曾經的我。重要的不是哪些人,也不是他們被毒害的程度,掙紮的感受。重要的是被禁錮的身體和精神最後是否能靠自己的意識指引走齣來。沒有higher power或任
評分揪心的看著,封麵不錯。
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