Hubert Selby Jr. - Requiem por um Sonho

Bronx, 1970s. A devastating journey into the dark side of the American dream and the junkie universe, "Requiem for a Dream" (1978) is a breathtaking book from which no one emerges unscathed.

In this novel, adapted for the screen by Darren Aronofsky in 2000, four lives self-destruct, driven by addictions and illusions to which no one is immune: from Harry and Tyrone's obsession with easy money, fueled by heroin, to Marion's desired fame and old Sara's television dreams, in Technicolor like her amphetamines.

A triumph of addiction over the spirit, of materialism over dignity, of credulity over discernment, this ticking time bomb descends upon the reader, shattering the illusory conviction of safety in a world as inhumane and cold as a New York winter. A cult work, dark and brutal.