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Int. ANTONIO's office day. ANTONIO's office is a large, seductive space, defined by retro furniture, hi-tech equipment, pastel-colored walls, a leather couch. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
another great one
4 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
First and foremost: thank you Arthur Nersesian.
This novel was like his others in that it was a fantastic read, had well developed characters, dynamic in that Nersesian has given them an original personality with their own original drives and personalties; and yet they are people we identify with because we know or have known them in life. Nersesian has once again put us in the life of a starving artist in New York. Instead of the art world of New York coupled with the life of living out of a van in Chinese Take Out, we follow an actress/producer through the world of just what actresses will do to be casted and also what writers are sometimes forced to do just to be published coupled with eviction court and just how hard it is to find a reasonable living arrangement. The naivety of the publisher and also the writer coupled with their strong New York street smarts creates a powerful dichotomy that seems to mirror the confusion and horror of the backdrop of this novel: New York city late 2001. Arthur Nersesian shines here as well as he deals this dark hour in our American history and of course in the history of New York City. As I saw the unbelieveably surreal horror that was September eleventh unfold again before me through the eyes of a New Yorker I began to empathize with the people that have had their lives and their homes changed forever. I also sweel with pride now when I put on my I "heart" New York shirt...through Nersesians writings I have truly developed a love for the city and also understand what makes the citizens so strong and special.
This novel was like his others in that it was a fantastic read, had well developed characters, dynamic in that Nersesian has given them an original personality with their own original drives and personalties; and yet they are people we identify with because we know or have known them in life. Nersesian has once again put us in the life of a starving artist in New York. Instead of the art world of New York coupled with the life of living out of a van in Chinese Take Out, we follow an actress/producer through the world of just what actresses will do to be casted and also what writers are sometimes forced to do just to be published coupled with eviction court and just how hard it is to find a reasonable living arrangement. The naivety of the publisher and also the writer coupled with their strong New York street smarts creates a powerful dichotomy that seems to mirror the confusion and horror of the backdrop of this novel: New York city late 2001. Arthur Nersesian shines here as well as he deals this dark hour in our American history and of course in the history of New York City. As I saw the unbelieveably surreal horror that was September eleventh unfold again before me through the eyes of a New Yorker I began to empathize with the people that have had their lives and their homes changed forever. I also sweel with pride now when I put on my I "heart" New York shirt...through Nersesians writings I have truly developed a love for the city and also understand what makes the citizens so strong and special.
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A good novel
21 Dec 2008
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I just read this New York novel over about a week's time, and found the story compelling me more and more to invest myself in it. It's a good story, filled with lots of realistically selfish and jerk-like characters all bunched together into situations that require alcohol to tolerate the time, or some other carrot like sex, money or fame. The author chose to put his story up against a difficult backdrop of history, which I found inconveniently and unexpectedly awkward and tragic - just like the real thing.
With lots of details to the ins & outs of producing a theatrical play and narrated by a robustly focused female protagonist voice, "Unlubricated" starts off with a stiff pain that grows a bit soar, eventually coming to an intense, slippery and messy end.
With lots of details to the ins & outs of producing a theatrical play and narrated by a robustly focused female protagonist voice, "Unlubricated" starts off with a stiff pain that grows a bit soar, eventually coming to an intense, slippery and messy end.
Somewhat amusing, but long-winded
25 Aug 2007
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Gets bogged down in details, and the writing could be a lot more crisp (see Moody's The Diviners - a similar take on indie film). Mostly likeable for its use of NYC locales, while the confused characters try to put on independent theater productions, while sleeping around as much as possible. The voice of the protagonist is not convincing -- I doubt any woman, lipstick lesbians included, thinks about sex in baseball metaphors. Maybe the author thought he could get away with lapses in point of view if he made her a lesbian? Don't they think like men? I don't know. She just wasn't convincing for me, and it wasn't funny enough to read as satire. Read The Diviners instead.
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