Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
Author: Hubert Selby Jr
In this searing novel first published in 1978, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of heroin and getting rich. But their heroin habit gets the better of them, and Harry's mother's addiction to diet pills lands her in a state mental hospital.
ISBN-13: 9780714530109
ISBN-10: 0714530107
Publication Date: 5/1996
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

reviewed Requiem for a Dream on + 412 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I was very interested in reading this as I'm a big fan of the Aronofsky movie, which was magnificent and terribly harrowing. The novel was equally dark. It's written in a free-form be-bop narrative, and once you get into it, it takes you for a ride. The book deals much more with the daily existence of a junkie, whereas the movie expounds on the more pivotal moments. But the film got it just right, somehow managing to convey the same breakneck speed and despair of the novel. Read the book. See the movie.
Read All 5 Book Reviews of "Requiem for a Dream"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

reviewed Requiem for a Dream on
this is quite possibly one of my most favorite books I've read. It's written in such a way that I actually felt like I was inside the characters heads,feeling what they were feeling> It can get a bit confusing at times, but I couldnt put it down.