{"id":3272,"date":"2021-06-26T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projektroz.pl\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2021-06-26T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:30:00","slug":"biegajac-z-nozyczkami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projektroz.unitunicorn.com\/?p=3272","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Running with scissors[:pl]Biegaj\u0105c z no\u017cyczkami[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"[:en]\n
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Augusten Burroughs’ autobiographical book, Running with Scissors was originally published in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And when life gives you crazy, unbalanced parents and guardians, describe your childhood and become a respected writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s the recipe for success in life that Augusten Burroughs, author of the autobiographical book Running with Scissors, used. Of course, if it weren’t for his innate talent, a handful of detachment and a ton of humor added to this recipe, it could have come out a crock. But no, the reader gets a real treat, a bittersweet description of growing up as a “normal” teenager in an abnormal and chaotic world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world that Augusten Burroughs grew up in is so improbable, absurd and crazy that the author has nothing left to do but laugh. Turning negative moments into funny ones is a surefire way to survive, a sign of self-preservation and, it seems, the author’s main specialty. So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America, 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starring:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Father<\/strong> – university lecturer with severe depression, aggressive alcoholic.
Mother<\/strong> – an unfulfilled poet, falling deeper and deeper into mental illness.
Older brother<\/strong> – soulless genius who drops out of school and family at age sixteen, later diagnosed as an asperger.
Narrator\/author<\/strong> – the younger child in the family, a homosexual who exhibits compulsive behavior.
Dr. Finch<\/strong> – the family’s psychiatrist and therapist, treading on the thin line separating genius from insanity (okay, I’ll spoiler, he’s completely insane).
Dr. Finch’s family<\/strong> – some are actually biological relatives, some are former or current patients, some and some are hard to tell apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The book begins with a brawl between the parents, a bloody brawl that the then eight-year-old narrator witnesses. Later, the tension escalates and only gets worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents’ divorce is predictable. So is the young narrator’s trouble at school. But why does a psychiatrist become Augusten’s legal guardian, and why does the teenage author himself move permanently into Finch’s house? A house that is a mixture of Harry Potter’s imaginary scenery and King’s horror world? A house where everyone does what and when they want, and where a thirteen-year-old is considered an adult. Where the Christmas tree, or rather its remains, still “decorate” the living room in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Augusten brilliantly and humorously describes the eccentricity of the inhabitants of the house. Their funny quirks, but also dangerous follies. Friendly relationships, but also extortion, manipulation and exploitation.
This is not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She describes her mother’s subsequent love affairs and the lesbian writing workshops she runs in her living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also describes his initiation and first sexual encounters, which by the standards of then and now fall under the heading of molestation of minors, and which were fully condoned by both the author’s mother and Dr. Finch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s still not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also an entire chapter devoted to cataloging and deciphering special messages from God sent to the household in the form of Dr. Finch’s excrement.
And that’s still not all\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But will anyone believe it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ok\u0142adka ksi\u0105\u017cki biegaj\u0105c z no\u017cyczkami <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ksia\u017cka Augusten Burroughs’, Biegajac z no\u017cyczkami by\u0142a wydana przez Wydawnictwo Soni\u0105 Draga<\/a> w roku 2008, wydanie III. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gdy \u017cycie daje ci cytryny, zr\u00f3b lemoniad\u0119. A gdy \u017cycie daje ci szalonych, niezr\u00f3wnowa\u017conych rodzic\u00f3w i opiekun\u00f3w, opisz swoje dzieci\u0144stwo i zosta\u0144 cenionym pisarzem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taki przepis na sukces w \u017cyciu wykorzysta\u0142 Augusten Burroughs, autor autobiograficznej ksi\u0105\u017cki “Biegaj\u0105c z no\u017cyczkami”.  Oczywi\u015bcie, gdyby nie wrodzony talent, gar\u015b\u0107 dystansu i tona poczucia humoru dodane do tej receptury, m\u00f3g\u0142by wyj\u015b\u0107 zakalec. Ale nie, czytelnik dostaje prawdziwe cacuszko, s\u0142odko-gorzki opis dorastania “normalnego” nastolatka w nienormalnym i jak najbardziej chaotycznym \u015bwiecie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015awiat, kt\u00f3rym przysz\u0142o dorasta\u0107 Augusten’owi Burroughs’owi jest tak nieprawdopodobny, absurdalny i szalony, \u017ce autorowi nie pozosta\u0142o ju\u017c nic innego jak si\u0119 \u015bmia\u0107. Zamienianie negatywnych chwil w zabawne jest niezawodnym sposobem na przetrwanie, przejawem instynktu samozachowawczego i jak si\u0119 zdaje, g\u0142\u00f3wn\u0105 specjalno\u015bci\u0105 autora. Zatem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ameryka, lata siedemdziesi\u0105te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyst\u0119puj\u0105:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ojciec<\/strong> – wyk\u0142adowca uniwersytecki z powa\u017cn\u0105 depresj\u0105, agresywny alkoholik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matka<\/strong> – niespe\u0142niona poetka, popadaj\u0105ca coraz g\u0142\u0119biej w chorob\u0119 psychiczn\u0105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starszy brat<\/strong> – bezduszny geniusz, kt\u00f3ry w wieku szesnastu lat rzuca szko\u0142\u0119 i rodzin\u0119, zdiagnozowany p\u00f3\u017aniej jako aspergerowiec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrator\/autor<\/strong> – m\u0142odsze dziecko w rodzinie, homoseksualista przejawiaj\u0105cy zachowania kompulsywne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doktor Finch<\/strong> – psychiatra i terapeuta rodziny, st\u0105paj\u0105cy po cienkiej linii oddzielaj\u0105cej geniusz od szale\u0144stwa (no dobra, zaspojleruj\u0119, jest kompletnie szalony).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodzina doktora Fincha<\/strong> – cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 stanowi faktycznie biologicznych krewnych, cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 to byli lub obecni pacjenci, jednych i drugich trudno od siebie odr\u00f3\u017cni\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ksi\u0105\u017cka <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ksi\u0105\u017cka zaczyna si\u0119 od awantury mi\u0119dzy rodzicami, krwawej awantury, kt\u00f3rej \u015bwiadkiem jest o\u015bmioletni wtedy narrator. P\u00f3\u017aniej napi\u0119cie ro\u015bnie i jest tylko gorzej.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rozw\u00f3d rodzic\u00f3w jest do przewidzenia. K\u0142opoty m\u0142odego narratora w szkole r\u00f3wnie\u017c. Ale dlaczego psychiatra zostaje prawnym opiekunem Augusten’a, a sam nastoletni autor przeprowadza si\u0119 na sta\u0142e do domu Fincha? Domu b\u0119d\u0105cego mieszanin\u0105 scenerii z imaginarium Harrego Pottera i \u015bwiata horror\u00f3w Kinga? Domu,w kt\u00f3rym ka\u017cdy robi co i kiedy chce, a osoba trzynastoletnia uznawana jest za doros\u0142\u0105. Gdzie bo\u017conarodzeniowa choinka, a raczej jej pozosta\u0142o\u015bci, “zdobi\u0105” salon jeszcze w maju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Augusten b\u0142yskotliwie i z humorem opisuje ekscentryczno\u015b\u0107 mieszka\u0144c\u00f3w domu. Ich zabawne dziwactwa, ale te\u017c niebezpieczne szale\u0144stwa. Przyjacielskie relacje, ale i wymuszenia, manipulacje i wykorzystywanie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To nie wszystko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opisuje kolejne mi\u0142ostki swojej matki i warsztaty pisarstwa dla lesbijek, kt\u00f3re prowadzi w swoim salonie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opisuje te\u017c swoj\u0105 inicjacj\u0119 i pierwsze kontakty seksualne, kt\u00f3re zgodnie z \u00f3wczesnymi i obecnymi standardami podlegaj\u0105 pod molestowanie nieletnich, a kt\u00f3re by\u0142y w pe\u0142ni aprobowane zar\u00f3wno przez matk\u0119 autora jak i doktora Fincha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I to nadal nie wszystko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jest te\u017c ca\u0142y rozdzia\u0142 po\u015bwi\u0119cony katalogowaniu i odszyfrowywaniu specjalnych wiadomo\u015bci od Boga przesy\u0142anych domownikom w postaci ekskrement\u00f3w doktora Fincha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I to nadal nie wszystko\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ale czy ktokolwiek w to uwierzy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? Wi\u0119cej rekomendowanych ksi\u0105\u017cek znajdziecie tutaj<\/a>.<\/p>\n[:]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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