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Being There

Jerzy Kosiński

Paperback | Pages: 160 pages

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Title	:	Being There
Author	:	Jerzy Kosiński
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	September 15th 1999 by Grove Press (first published 1970)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Classics. Novels. Literature

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A modern classic now available from Grove Press, Being There is one of the most popular and significant works from a writer of international stature. It is the story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges from nowhere to become an heir to the throne of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary. But though everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying. And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. Being There is a brilliantly satiric look at the unreality of American media culture that is, if anything, more trenchant now than ever.

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Original Title:	Being There
ISBN:	0802136346 (ISBN13: 9780802136343)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Chauncey Gardiner-Chance
Literary Awards:	Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (1971)

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So, there was a German film in the mid-1970s, a Werner Herzog-directed movie of cult status titled, The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser, based supposedly on a true incident from hundreds of years ago in which a man, a kind of idiot, suddenly appeared in a town and his origins remained a mystery. In the film, Hauser is shown to be raised in a dark, prison-like condition, cut off completely from the ways of the world and socialization. Raised like some factory farm animal. Then one day his caretaker dies

If you haven't read this short little gem, read it now, then go to some sort of republocrat/conservative/teaparty party and try some of Chance's minimalist conversation techniques. While people are discussing debt ceilings and budget re-toolings, respond with things like "Tilling has its place, but I've always believed in allowing the subsoil to settle." I'm sure you'll be invited to visit various yachts and private estates, as well as being introduced to their unmarried sons and daughters...

A somber message underlies Kosinsky's playful, deceptively simple fable. He sketches out a preposterous situation. The main character has spent his entire life confined to his room in a mansion and its walled garden. He was born there. His sole occupation is tending the garden. His sole view of the world is from watching the TV in his room. That complacent existence is disrupted when the recluse who dwells in the mansion dies.Although Kosinski tells this story with a third person voice, the

At a scant 128 pages, this is a small book with enormous implications. Although written in the seventies (with a movie starring Peter Sellers in the eighties), the storyline is very prescient today. Before reading this slim novel, think about the myriad of ways people continue to infer incorrectly important issues, or how they get their information pertaining an issue. A slender gem that needs to be read by all. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Kosinski left his native Poland for his adopted American homeland in the 1950s. Being There is his first attempt, in a novel, to reflect upon the USA and its infatuation with mass media.Our focus is on an early middle-aged male named Chance. How he got this name; what Kosinski means by choosing it; and, how it morphs into Chauncy are major tent poles holding up this plot. Chance is a foundling who has lived in a rich mans house all his life. By lived in a rich mans house, Kosinski tells us that

In 78-79, when I was in 9th grade history (or world studies?) this book was mentioned as being significant (along with, if memory serves, On the Beach, Ulysses, and I think Brave New World ) presumably because of its cultural impact. Strangely, this class was the only place I'd ever heard the book mentioned to that point, and then never heard about it again until the movie came out. Didn't see the movie. I found a 99 cent paperback copy at a book sale last year, and just pulled it off the shelf

I saw Hal Ashby's movie "Being There" about 20 years ago and I still remember the huge impression it made on me. Peter Sellers was magnificent as Chance the gardener. I have just finished reading Jerzy Kosinski's book, on which the movie is based, and I find the book much weaker than the movie.Kosinski's short novella is a one-gimmick book: a simple gardener who has never been outside of his employer's residence, who knows first-hand only about gardening, who learns about people and the world