num_pages: 279
description: In Coney Island, Brooklyn, lonely widow Sarah Goldfarb wants nothing more than to lose weight and appear on a television game show. In her obsessive quest, she becomes addicted to diet pills, while her junkie son, Harry, along with his girlfriend, Marion, and best friend, Tyrone, attempt to secure an illicit shortcut to wealth and leisure by selling heroin.Entranced by the gleaming visions of their futures, these four convince themselves that unexpected setbacks are only temporary. Even as their lives slowly deteriorate around them, they cling to their delusions and become utterly consumed in a spiral of drugs and addiction, refusing to see that they have instead created their own worst nightmares."Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists . . . To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." —The New York Times Book Review
language: English
title: Requiem for a Dream
titlecomplete: Requiem for a Dream
characters: Sara Goldfarb, Tyrone C, Marion Silver, Harry Goldfarb
genres: American, Thriller, Novels, Drama, Crime, Literature, Classics, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 59389
places: Coney Island, New York
publisher: Da Capo Press