Chuck Palahniuk

In a confusing world poised on the brink of mayhem, Tyler Durden, a projectionist, waiter, and anarchic genius, comes up with an idea to create clubs in which young men can escape their humdrum existence and prove themselves in barehanded fights. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation's most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basement of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.

james cao

And your one perfect moment won't last forever. 

Everything in heaven is quiet, rubber-soled shoes. 

How Tyler saw it was that getting God's attention for being bad was better than getting no attention at all. Maybe because God's hate is better than his indifference. 

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

 We are God's middle children, according to Tyler Durden, with no special place in history and no special attention.

Unless we get God's attention, we have no hope of damnation or redemption. 

Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.

He says, “What you have to understand, is your father was your model for God."

May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete.

Tyler had been around a long time before we met. 

Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter and dark, anarchic genius. And it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.

Lukas

There are a lot of things we don’t want to know about the people we love. 

The barrel of the gun pressed against the back of my throat, Tyler says, “We won’t really die.” I tongue the gun barrel into my surviving cheek and say, Tyler, you’re thinking of vampires.

Laisse-moi te parler de Tyler. Tyler dit : les choses que tu possèdes finissent toujours par te posséder. C'est seulement après avoir tout perdu que tu es libre de faire ce dont tu as envie. Le fight club t'offre cette liberté. Première règle du fight club :'Tu ne parles pas du fight club. Deuxième règle du fight club : Tu ne punies pas du fight club. Tyler dit que chercher à s'améliorer, c'est rien que de la branlette. Tyler dit que l'autodestruction est sans doute la réponse. Métaphore acide et jubilatoire d'un monde au bord du chaos, perdu faute de révolution, Fight Club a été porté à l'écran en 1999 par David Fincher, le réalisateur de Seven et Alien 3. Le DVD du film est édité par Fox Pathé Europa.

Les processus psychologiques de ce roman me fascinent. 

Maelie Dolbec

Je ne voulais pas, mais Tyler m'a tout expliqué, en détail, mourir sans la moindre cicatrice, en avoir assez de ne regarder combattre que des professionnels, vouloir en savoir plus sur soi-même.

À l'époque, ma vie me donnait l'impression d'être trop complète, et peut-être qu'il nous faut tout démolir pour faire quelque chose de mieux de nous même.

Nulle part vous n'êtes vivant comme vous êtes vivant au Fight Club [...] lorsqu'on se réveille le dimanche après-midi, on se sent sauvé.

Plus rien ne peut nous rejoindre, nous affecter. C'est une évasion du monde extérieur, de tous ses problèmes et ses mal-êtres.

Après une soirée au Fight Club, tout ce qui est du monde de la vraie vie se retrouve atténué, en sourdine. Plus rien ne vous fout en rogne. Votre parole fait la loi, et s'il en est qui enfreignent cette loi, ou vous remettent en question, même ça, ça ne vous fout pas en rogne.

Fight club

sarù

«Non è amore o niente del genere,» urla Marla «ma credo di volerti bene anch’io.»

«No, voglio bene a te» grida Marla. «So la differenza.»

Il numero tre mi pesta finché ha tutta la mano sbucciata.

Tutto quello che hai amato ti respinge o muore.

Tutto quello che hai creato sarà gettato via.

Tutto quello di cui sei orgoglioso finirà in immondizia.

«Perché dovrei credere a una storia del genere?» 

È un momento già abbastanza complicato così, dico io. Non pretendere troppo.

Prepararsi a evacuare l'anima in cinque, quattro, tre, due, uno.

E vengo trasferito sopra le teste, da mano a mano, sulla folla che ondeggia in direzione della porta. Galleggio. Volo.

Sto gridando che il Fight Club è mio. Il Progetto Caos è un'idea mia. Non potete buttarmi fuori. Sono io che comando qui. Andatevene a casa.

Ha quarantotto anni ed era membro di un Fight Club.

Ha quarantotto anni ed era membro del Progetto Caos.

Solo nella morte avremo i nostri nomi poiché solo nella morte non partecipiamo più allo sforzo collettivo. Nella morte diventiamo eroi.

Questa sera vado al Fight Club a chiuderlo.

lo amo ogni cosa di Tyler, il suo coraggio e la sua astuzia. Il suo fegato. Tyler è divertente e spiritoso e forte e indipendente e gli altri uomini lo ammirano e aspettano che cambi il loro mondo. Tyler è abile e libero e io non lo sono.

Questo è un sogno. Tyler è un proiezionista. E un disturbo dissociativo della personalità. Uno stato psicogeno di fuga. Tyler Durden è la mia allucinazione.

«Tutte coglionate» dice Tyler. «Magari sei tu a essere la mia allucinazione schizofrenica.»

Tyler dice: «Sì, sì, sì, be' allora vediamo chi è qui per ultimo».

Inginocchiato al mio capezzale Tyler dice: «Chiudi gli occhi e dammi la mano».

lo chiudo gli occhi e Tyler mi prende la mano. Sento le labbra di Tyler sulla cicatrice del suo bacio.

«Avevo detto che se parlavi di me a mia insaputa, non mi avresti più visto» ha detto Tyler. «Noi non siamo due uomini separati. Per farla breve, quando tu sei sveglio hai tu il controllo e puoi chiamarti come pare e piace, ma nell'istante che ti addormenti entro in gioco io e tu diventi Tyler Durden.»

Tutta notte i tuoi pensieri sono in onda.

Sto dormendo? Ho mai dormito? Così va l’insonnia.

Cerchi di rilassarti un po’ di più a ogni respiro, ma il tuo cuore galoppa ancora e i pensieri ti turbinano nella testa.

«In quel posto del cancro ai testicoli» dice Marla. «Poi mi hai salvato la vita.»

Io sono il cuore spezzato di Tizio perché Tyler mi ha mollato

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basements of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.

Fight Club: A Novel

a much more profound description of how men long for connection and intimacy than i expected. the seeds of this are planted so well from the beginning. the psychosis, the dread. the perception of femininity is ridiculed and held at length but is ultimately the salvation. not the most nuanced anti-capitalist take in the world but i can appreciate the perspective. 

zoe m

korfai 

One of the best books I have ever read in a long time. I’ve watched the film a few years ago, so I was able to perfectly picture each character and how the story unfolds. I personally love how the perspective from the narrator to Tyler Durden changes but it’s very subtle. So as the reader, you’re still the narrator witnessing how Tyler Durden makes a difference leaving you confused just like the main protagonist. The book also does a good job portraying somebody with split personality and how scary that could be having to shut yourself out while a different version of ‘you’ is out there making decisions for yourself. This book always had me on edge, but I would read this book again. Absolutely a timeless piece.

Maxine Erica

Maureen

I went into this book blind, cramming to finish it for my major. Best decision ever — except for the fact that I’ve been palpitating for hours now due to the coffee I’ve consumed just to stay awake.

Kirsten Kim

great manual to diying explosives! probably need a few testosterone injections to fully understand this one

radhika dhawan

not a book i’d usually read but i watched the movie for the first time last week and became OBSESSED with it (david fincher i love u) so naturally i had to read the book

There’s an afterword in here that really put a sour taste in my mouth as well as some plot points toward the end that seemed thematically redundant. I did enjoy it, but it’s one of those cases where I’d rather watch the movie.

Nyibango Costa

Léa

This is finally the book that got me out of my reading slump !! Even if i saw thé movie i was hooked the whole time as if i did not know anything about the story. 
I loved the afterword and learned a lot reading it and I cam now able to flex some random knowledge about the book and all 😎

Hanna Rybchynska

Alright, let's dive into 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk. First off, let me just say this book is... well, it's weird. And not necessarily in a good way, at least not for me. It's like I'm not the target audience or something because I just couldn't get into it. It left me feeling a bit unsettled, to be honest.

But hey, here's the twist - the ending? That got me. It was surprisingly intriguing and left me thinking long after I put the book down. It's like the weirdness finally made sense, in its own twisted way.

A Novel

Colton Ray

This is one of those books where everyone is an asshole. While I enjoyed the movie enough, this sort of nihilism is not only unappealing to me, but downright unhelpful. Maybe I would have enjoyed this if I was younger, but the writing style didn't captivate me and the ideology made me roll my eyes. Perhaps this is one of those books that is important in defining a generation, but has since become outdated. I mean, any 16-year-old can make the same comments and opinions about living in late-capitalist America. Anyone can point out the cracks in the system, but what happens from there? Do you try to find a way to make it better or blow it all away? The latter is how we are in the position we are now as a country. Yeah, you can go in a basement and get your teeth knocked out, but if you don't have any vision or concept of the future, you're no better than the worker drones you criticize.

Sarah Sammis

Ana Luiza

gente nao entendi nada! fui ler a resenha e todo mundo falando que também não entendeu nada mas deu 5 estrelas pq esse é o conceito. Gente que conceito de livro é esse que nada faz sentido, não estou entendendo nada que ta acontecendo, não tenho qualquer apego por qualquer personagem, não me importo com o que vai acontecer em seguida…
Aquele capitulo final demorei um tempão pra entender que era o autor falando e não o personagem pra vcs verem o quanto eu estava entendendo a história. 
Detalhe: não entendi nada que acontecia o tempo todo mas sempre soube o plot twist do livro, pq o autor deixava óbvio o tempo todo. Na minha opinião não precisava dar aquele tanto de dica.
Talvez eu seja simplesmente burra e esse for o caso, perdão ao autor. Vou ter que ler de novo dai uns anos quanto tiver na casa dos 30 pra ver se faz mais sentido.
Enfim ne, acho que o filme deve ser melhor, vamos ver.

Tobias V. Langhoff

I really liked the style of this book. My first Palahniuk. I’ve watched the movie, of course, so I knew the story and the twist, but it was presented in a very interesting way. All the repetition really hammered home both the reveal and the nihilistic philosophy. This philosophy, the fascist/anarchist movement that grows from it and its “men’s rights” basis (as well as some real life incidents of lone wolf terrorism) makes me consider Palahniuk a little prescient in regards to the current American political climate, considering the novel is 20 years old.

Dani

Quite honestly, difficult to take in. It was interesting, fast-paced, thought provoking and quite a ride, from beginning to end. Although I must say I would not recommend it for someone going through a rough patch emotionally wise. That being said: fantastic.

Stephanie

Tyler Durden, disilluso dalla cultura vacua e consumistica imperante nel mondo occidentale, è un giovane che si trascina in una vita fatta di bugie e di fallimenti. La sua unica valvola di sfogo sono gli incontri clandestini di boxe nei sotterranei dei bar...

This book was so out of my comfort zone and at first I didn’t like it, but it kept getting better and better. Some parts were really confusing because a lot of information is withheld from the reader at first and then revealed later, which makes this one hell of a page turner. 

Indi

Robi Carballo

Actual rating: 4.5⭐
(I also haven't watched the film adaptation before reading)
CW: Violence and death, mental health and health issues, pornographic content.

The first rule about Fight Club is you don't talk about fight club. But ...

This is the first-ever satirical novel I've read. Being a satire novel I admit it took me a while to get hook with this book. But then amazing things happen when you don't give up!

After few chapters from the book (Chapter 6 to be exact) is when things got good and I was surprised when I read the afterword which states that the original Fight Club is a short story published in an anthology and this is the whole chapter 6!

Things that got me hooked:
✔ BRILLIANT
✔ Mind-blowing
✔ Dark
✔ Gruesome
✔ Reality depiction
✔ Self-discovery
✔ Overcoming circumstances
✔ Fuck the rich, entitled, and privileged society

IT'S NEVER ABOUT THE FIGHT, IT'S ABOUT THE RULES!

Anirudh r

There are parts of this book that can give men orgasm. Overall a good book

vania

Aamna

Grace M

I re-read this book for the first time in over ten years. I’m in my late twenties now, and while reading this I realized; this is where it all began for me. I read the majority of Palahniuk’s bibliography in my teenage years, before I could even properly pronounce his name. His writing still has an effect on me to this day. I can’t help but swallow it whole, bones and all. Fight Club is formative. Fight Club is eye-opening. Fight Club makes you who you are. 
I am a reader to this day because of books like this. I am grateful to have revisited such a classic story.

A little bit confusing at first, but the plot twist was amazing!! The build up to the plot twist was also really cool, the moment when you realise what is actually happening feels so weird. Also loved this writing style. Some parts were very relatable and the characters were super interesting.

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