
Eve Babitz's "Sex and Rage" - a rediscovered 1970s masterpiece capturing LA's intoxicating culture with razor-sharp wit. From forgotten novel to National Bestseller four decades later, this Belletrist book club selection offers a rare, candid glimpse into female identity that made Babitz a feminist icon.
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Sex and Rage follows Jacaranda, a surfer-turned-writer navigating the treacherous waters of 1970s Los Angeles. Named after a flowering tree, she emerges from rebellious roots-her father a Trotskyite descended from Russian anarchists, her mother born after her grandmother refused to marry her rapist. Growing up near Santa Monica's shore, Jacaranda develops a profound connection with the Pacific Ocean that becomes her true north, her religion, her sanctuary. The ocean defines her existence from childhood. She progresses naturally from body-surfing to surfboards, mastering waves with intuitive understanding. While her violinist father works at Twentieth Century-Fox, Jacaranda develops her artistic talents painting custom surfboards. What's fascinating is how she transforms this ocean connection into a spiritual framework-the Pacific becomes her divine force, her compass, her salvation. When others call her lucky, she knows better-she understands that she needs to see the world before encountering the "brick wall" everyone warns California children about. But even as she ventures beyond her oceanic sanctuary, it remains her true home, the place where she finds herself when everything else falls apart. This tension-between the pull of the authentic self and the seduction of dangerous new worlds-forms the novel's emotional core.
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Создано выпускниками Колумбийского университета в Сан-Франциско
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