Dieses Autoren-Duo erforscht die Komplexität des modernen Lebens durch ein Aufeinandertreffen unterschiedlicher Perspektiven. Ihre gemeinsame Arbeit zeichnet sich durch scharfe Einblicke in die menschliche Psyche und gekonnte Sprachbeherrschung aus. Die Partnerschaft stellt eine einzigartige Synthese aus intellektuellen Interessen und kreativen Ambitionen dar. Die Leser können Werke erwarten, die sowohl zum Nachdenken anregen als auch unterhaltsam sind.
Alexander Aciman und Emmett Rensin erzählen über 70 große literarische Werke im Twitter-Format neu. Von Beowulf bis Kafka wird Literaturgeschichte in 140-Zeichen-Tweets zeitsparend und unterhaltsam präsentiert, was Lust auf die Klassiker weckt. Ein ideales Geschenk für Literatur- und Twitter-Fans!
Perhaps while reading Shakespeare you've asked yourself, What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince words and muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub? But if the Prince of Denmark had a Twitter account and an iPhone, he could tell his story in real time--and concisely! Hence the genius of Twitterature. Hatched in a dorm room at the brain trust that is the University of Chicago, Twitterature is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets from the protagonist. Providing a crash course in more than eighty of the world's best-known books, from Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight and Dante to The Da Vinci Code. It's the ultimate Cliffs Notes. Because as great as the classics are, who has time to read those big, long books anymore? Sample tweets: From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN??? From the Harry Potter series: Oh man big tournament at my school this year!! PSYCHED! I hope nobody dies this year, and every year as if by clockwork. From The Great Gatsby: Gatsby is so emo. Who cries about his girlfriend while eating breakfast...IN THE POOL?
Including a full glossary of online acronyms and Twitterary terms to aid the amateur, this title provides what you need to master the literature of the civilized world, while relieving you of the burdensome task of reading it.