It is hilarious and heartfelt and everything in between. The realistic nature of his story, stumbling over what happened when, looping back and forth in time to pick up dropped threads, contributes to its impact: you could be in a New York bar, lending a sympathetic ear to a self-pitying tale of woe. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is a deeply moving story about the pain we cause each other, and it hits with profound resonance. As it is, the reader becomes trapped inside the mind of a howling paranoid. Diary of an oxygen thief is honest hilarious and heartrending but above all a very real account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have a done to us'-Back cover. A fiction would have more logic, more shape the wrongs done to Mr Anonymous would be more substantial and his outrage more proportionate. However, if one chooses to read it as an unfiltered account of real events, the strangely feverish splurge of the narrative makes more sense. Objednávejte knihu Diary of an Oxygen Thief v internetovém knihkupectví . Diary of an Oxygen Thief is a 2006 Dutch novel, written anonymously and published in Amsterdam by NLVI. One can never know to what extent this first-person account of a broken-hearted advertising creative who once “liked hurting girls” before the tables were turned on him is autobiographical, and there’s a strong argument for it not mattering. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. Diary of an Oxygen Thief was called a 'surprise dark-horse Williamsburg best seller' by New York Magazine, referring to the independent art, literature, and music scene in Brooklyn, New York. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. Because of his sense of self-loathing he seems to go through life unworthy of the very air he breathes.ĭiary of an Oxygen Thief quickly became popular from its initial publication in 2006 to 2016 where it was listed on both Amazon and iTunes 20 top selling books.Since the author of this short, anguished novel first self-published it in 2006, it has assumed cult status, with no shortage of readers testifying to its powerful effect. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is a 2006 Dutch novel, written by Anonymous and published in Amsterdam by NLVI. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. The "Oxygen Thief" in the title refers to narrator's low self-esteem. Show more Show less Youre getting a free audiobook. Later, he meets a young, aspiring photographer in New York and falls in love with her. Kicking off with Diary of an Oxygen Thief, an underground cult favorite and a New York Times best seller, the series has been described by New York Magazine as kinky, artsy, and swoon-worthy. Internally he grapples with paranoia, addiction, and a legacy of pain. After taking a job in the United States, the narrator is confronted externally by the absurdity of corporate America, culture shock, and the conflict of moving from the lower to upper-middle class. After the narrator starts attending AA meetings, he sobers up and looks back on his past relationships with a measure of remorse. Purporting to be an autobiography, Diary of an Oxygen Thief begins with the narrator, an Irish advertising executive living in London, describing the pleasure he used to receive from emotionally abusing women. Diary of an Oxygen Thief was called a "surprise dark-horse Williamsburg best seller" by New York Magazine, referring to the independent art, literature, and music scene in Brooklyn, New York. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is a 2006 Dutch novel, written by Anonymous and published in Amsterdam by NLVI.
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