Leaving Las Vegas

Author: John O'Brien
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1611859506
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Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien, Leaving Las Vegas Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Leaving Las Vegas books, A re-issue of John O'Brien's debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness. Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it. Sera is a prostitute, content with the independence and routine she has carved out for herself in a city defined by recklessness. But she is haunted by a spectre in a yellow Mercedes, a man from her past who is committed to taking control of her life again. Ben is an alcoholic intent on drinking his way towards an early death. Newly arrived from Los Angeles, he survived the four-hour intoxicated drive across the desert with his entire savings in his wallet and nothing else left to lose. Looking to satisfy hungers both material and existential, Ben and Sera stumble together on the strip and discover in each other a respite from their unforgiving lives. A testimony to the raw talent of its young author, Leaving Las Vegas is a compelling story of unconditional love between two disenfranchised and lost souls - an overlooked American classic.

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Leaving Las Vegas

Authors: John O'Brien

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-06 - Publisher: Atlantic Books

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A re-issue of John O'Brien's debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness. Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who

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Leaving Las Vegas

Authors: Mike Figgis

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-15 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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Ben Sanderson is an alcoholic who has hit rock bottom. Cutting all personal and professional ties to his L.A. existence, he sets off for the lights of Vegas on a mission: to drink himself to death. There he meets Sera, a beautiful, seen-it-all hooker. From the moment Ben and Sera

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LEAVING LAS VEGAS

Authors: Nicolas Cage, Mike Figgis, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Elisabeth Shue, Julian lennon

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher:

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Leaving Las Vegas

Authors: Nicolas Cage, Mike Figgis, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Elisabeth Shue, Julian lennon

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

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Pages: 400

Das verlorene Wochenende

Authors: Charles Jackson

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-13 - Publisher: Dörlemann eBook

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Manhattan 1936, East Side. Don Birnam trinkt. Und der Schriftsteller hat längst jenen Punkt erreicht, an dem »ein Drink zu viel ist und hundert nicht genügen«. Seit dem letzten Absturz kaum wieder auf den Beinen, widersetzt er sich erfolgreich allen Versuchen seines Bruders Wick, ihn zu einem langen Wochenende auf