Description: Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay hits the backroads with singer-songwriter Rudy Pauver as he navigates a conflicted relationship with a successful protege and the unexpected arrival of his spirited young niece.In the doldrums of a career as a cult figure, Rudy has been overshadowed by Ryan Orland, to the point where Rudy is now identified as an imitator of the younger man. Ryan is generous and supportive, but Rudy finds it hard to be grateful, especially as a sordid confrontation results in their estrangement. When his sisters daughter, a teenage runaway, turns up asking to join him on the road, Rudy has to come to terms with the limits of his ambition and the nature of his obligation to family.Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is an exploration of the nature of creativity and popular success; artistic and ethical influence; the pathos of the middle-aged artist; changing standards of sexual morality; and guilt and penance in a post-religious society.Reading group guide available to download from publishers website.Named one ofRolling Stones "Best Music Books of 2021." FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Franz Nicolay is a writer and musician, a member of The Hold Steady and other projects. His first book, The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar,was named a "Seasons Best Travel Book" by theNew York Times;his second, the novelSomeone Should Pay for Your Pain, was called "a knockout fiction debut" in Buzzfeedand named one ofRolling Stones "Best Music Books of 2021." He has taught at UC Berkeley, and is a faculty member in music and written arts at Bard College.He lives in New Yorks Hudson Valley. Review Named a "Best Music Book of 2021" in Rolling Stone :"Finally, the great indie-rock novel. . . . A heart-bruising story — like Dostoevsky in a DIY punk space.—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone"[A] tight-fisted gut punch of a novel, weaving a road-weary world with a lyricists skill for evocation, emotion, and economy. . . . A knockout fiction debut from a longtime troubadour." —Alex Houston, the Seminary Co-op, in "42 Great Books To Read This Spring, Recommended By Our Favorite Indie Booksellers," BuzzFeed News"Through the blur of indifferent audiences and counterfeit drink tickets, Rudy becomes the de facto guardian of his crust punk niece and is forced to reckon with his broken relationship with a famous former protégé—a career-defining falling out where the holier-than-thou Pauver has always cast himself as the victim, though the truth is far more muddy. . . . Nicolays pitch-perfect observations make his story intriguing and all too true, zooming by like trees on the side of the highway."—Chris L. Terry, Razorcake"I love this for novel for its sensitivity to the tenderness and absurdity of human after human, city after city, year after year. Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is a marvel, and when I finished it, my first emotion was to return to the opening pages and read it all over again." — Rivka Galchen"If youve been waiting for the great rock and roll novel look no further. Franz Nicolays Someone Should Pay for Your Pain smashes Don Delillos Great Jones Street against a chaste Lolita. Nicolays book focuses on the illusion of stardom and the reality that most musicians play mainly in dingy clubs to sparse if passionate fans. Rudy, the books hero, lays down insights into art making as well as the wide variety of hangovers all the while moving fitfully toward a great dilation of care. — Darcey Steinke"Wise, brutal and funny, Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is a bruising and beautiful glimpse of the endless tour of broken dreams some of us call life. But as Franz Nicolay shows in this stunning fiction debut, there is still hope. You just might have to fight yourself for it." — Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask and Hark."Franz Nicolays poetic takedown of a musicians extended adolescence goes down smoother than a drink ticket beer. Read it before you get in the van." — Chris L. Terry, author of the novels Black Card and Zero Fade"Rudy Pauver is a middle-aged musician with mid-level talent, still out there on the road, still grinding, still trying, but hes not quite sure why. In this beautifully and brutally honest novel, Franz Nicolay challenges our romantic notions of freedom and the working artists life. He crafts a story that any reader, mired in the daily disappointments of what their life was supposed to have been, can embrace." — Cari Luna, author of The Revolution of Every Day"Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is a poignant and powerfully honest meditation on aging, art-making, and failure. With a sharp ear and an unsparing eye, Franz Nicolay has reinvented the road novel, stripping it of wide-eyed, Kerouac-ian grandeur to expose the frozen landscapes—both external and internal—that are part and parcel of a rootless existence. Its a book that will haunt me for a long time to come." — Adam Wilson, author of Sensation Machines"Nicolays ear goes beyond music. There is confidence and grace in these pages, characters that feel pulled from daily life, none of their rough edges sanded down. A debut novel not just for artists, but anyone whos ever felt like theyve grown up and distorted, uncomfortable moving through the world." —Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl"The life of an artist is really about giving. Thats especially so for the musician. You give all of yourself to your art and its likely you wont get much back in return. Its a tough world, but few can write about it as beautifully as Franz Nicolay. With Someone Should Pay for Your Pain, Nicolay gives us the sort of fully-realized, theres no going back kind of story thats hauntingly reminiscent of Denis Johnson, but filtered through the lens of somebody who has actually gotten in the van." — Jason Diamond, author of Searching for John Hughes and The Sprawl"Punchy and wise. . . . A brutally funny and heartfelt novel about the creative process, failure, endless wandering, and uncensored perspective of life for most musicians."—Chronogram Promotional Gibson House Press Long Description Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay hits the backroads with singer-songwriter Rudy Pauver as he navigates a conflicted relationship with a successful prot Review Quote "Wise, brutal and funny, Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is a bruising and beautiful glimpse of the endless tour of broken dreams some of us call life. But as Franz Nicolay shows in this stunning fiction debut, there is still hope. You just might have to fight yourself for it." --Sam Lipsyte, Author of the story collections Venus Drive Details ISBN1948721139 Author Franz Nicolay Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1948721139 ISBN-13 9781948721134 Format Paperback Pages 236 Country of Publication United States Publisher Gibson House Imprint Gibson House Publication Date 2021-10-07 NZ Release Date 2021-10-07 US Release Date 2021-10-07 UK Release Date 2021-10-07 Subtitle A Novel DEWEY 813.6 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-11-29 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135483504;
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ISBN: 9781948721134
Book Title: Someone Should Pay for Your Pain: a Novel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 215mm
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Item Width: 139mm
Publisher: Gibson House
Publication Year: 2021
Author: Franz Nicolay
Number of Pages: 236 Pages