![]() The narrator, who is now 56 years old, explains why he needed many attempts to write his new novel set in 1981. In the prologue of "The Shards," Bret Easton Ellis plays on autofiction and discusses his own career and works, referring for example to his controversial 1991 novel, "American Psycho," which in Germany was indexed by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons because of its explicit crime scenes. Among them is the 17-year-old Bret, a fictionalized version of the author, who is writing his first novel in the early 1980s. Similarly, "The Shards" also centers on partying wealthy young students. 'The Shards' is coming out on January 17Īlready in 1985, Bret Easton Ellis had set his debut novel in Los Angeles: The protagonists in "Less than Zero" were characterized by superficiality, indifference, as well as their consumption of drugs and anxiety relievers. ![]() The protagonists are spoiled adolescents who make their way to school via the picturesque Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard, which winds through Beverly Hills down to the Pacific Palisades. The setting of Ellis' new novel, "The Shards," evokes landscapes known from many Hollywood films. ![]() ![]() They occasionally drink champagne, snort cocaine and drive in their convertibles down the boulevards around Los Angeles. ![]()
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