Black Swans is a collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s—decades of dreams, drink, and stoned youth turning Republican. Babitz prowls California, telling tales of a changing world. She writes about the Rodeo Gardens, about AIDS, about learning to tango, about the Hollywood Cemetery, about the self-enchanted city, and, most important, about the envy and jealousy underneath it all.Babitz’s inimitable voice propels these stories forward, corralling everything that gets in their sex, rage, the Château Marmont, youth, beauty, Jim Morrison, men, women, and black swans. This exciting reissue further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.
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Black Swans
von Eve Babitz
Black Swans is a collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s—decades of dreams, drink, and stoned youth turning Republican. Babitz prowls California, telling tales of a changing world. She writes about the Rodeo Gardens, about AIDS, about learning to tango, about the Hollywood Cemetery, about the self-enchanted city, and, most important, about the envy and jealousy underneath it all.Babitz’s inimitable voice propels these stories forward, corralling everything that gets in their sex, rage, the Château Marmont, youth, beauty, Jim Morrison, men, women, and black swans. This exciting reissue further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(1)
Rezension von suna“Black Swans” by Eve Babitz consists of 9 shortstories/memoir essays that let the reader be part of LA’s atmosphere of the 70s-90s, take them to parties filled with celebrities, drugs and drama and tell stories of friendship, jealousy and death. The setting is one of a carefree and hedonistic bubble of Los Angeles’ society. Although i quite liked some of the stories, „Tangoland“ being my favourite one, I was overall a little bored I have to admit. I enjoyed the writing but content-wise the stories didn’t catch me as much as I was hoping (it was hyped so much??!) and I felt like the lessons one could draw from the stories (don’t f* your friend’s exes, don’t date someone who’s intimidated by your success…) weren’t what I needed right now and didn’t add anything to my life. Also unreflected priviliged white women’s stories aren‘t really what I want to read right now. Summing up- I liked “black swans” for the vibes but that was it for me. I do have to say that Babitz did an excellent job at describing Hollywood‘s shallowness, for me a good book needs to have more than one layer though. If you are looking for stories that evoke a certain nostalgia for old Hollywood and want to feel like you are chatting and gossiping with Eve Babitz over a drink or two this one might be for you but if you’re looking for any kind of tension or learning, i’d suggest going for something else.