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From the bestselling author of the generation-defining classic Fight Club comes an utterly contemporary, appallingly entertaining tale of people desperate to tell their story at any cost.

“To Palahniuk’s credit, there is something here to appall almost every sensibility. The author has a singular knack for coming up with inventive new ways to shock and degrade.” —The New York Post

Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.

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ISBN9781400032822
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date04/11/06
Pages432

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  • jana_p
    jana_p

    17 Followers

    Chuck Palahniuk ist kein Autor, bei dem man sich entspannen kann, seine Werke sind eher wie ein verwirrendes Gedankenspiel, ein Nervenbündel. Am Ende wirkte die Figur, die ich für den Antagonisten gehalten hatte, wie eine Ausgachte Erfindung innerhalb einer Ausgachten Erfindung, oder eine bequeme Ausrede für ein Kollektiv. Ein sehr kontroverses Buch, dem ich weder 5 noch 1 Stern geben möchte… Denn die Themen sind sehr komplex und vielfältig, aber manchmal verstrickt sich ein Mensch so sehr in der Opferrolle, dass er sich selbst nach dem Gewinn von Freiheit davor fürchtet, diese zu nutzen.

    Nov 2, 2025

  • karin_jacob
    karin_jacob

    2 Followers

    5.0

    Whoa, I really loved this one. It’s completely sick and unnerving and at the same time makes me think a lot. It has much truth in it, even though it (hopefully) exaggerates.

    Oct 2, 2022

  • 2.0

    It’s giving “I’m 14 and this is deep.” All the pseudo-intellectual messaging of the 2010s “Russian Sleep Experiment” creepypasta, except this is 400 pages, for some reason. Also, maybe it’s my fault for having unsupervised internet access during the age of LiveLeak, but there’s virtually nothing in this book that warrants it being touted as one of the most disturbing books out there.

    Jun 10, 2024

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