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Title	:	Being There
Author	:	Jerzy Kosiński
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	September 15th 1999 by Grove Press (first published 1970)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Classics. Novels. Literature

Being There

Jerzy Kosiński

Paperback | Pages: 160 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 10469 Users | 861 Reviews

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A modern classic now available from Grove Press, Being There is one of the most popular and significant works from a writer of international stature. It is the story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges from nowhere to become an heir to the throne of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary. But though everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying. And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. Being There is a brilliantly satiric look at the unreality of American media culture that is, if anything, more trenchant now than ever.

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Original Title:	Being There
ISBN:	0802136346 (ISBN13: 9780802136343)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Chauncey Gardiner-Chance
Literary Awards:	Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (1971)

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In 78-79, when I was in 9th grade history (or world studies?) this book was mentioned as being significant (along with, if memory serves, On the Beach, Ulysses, and I think Brave New World ) presumably because of its cultural impact. Strangely, this class was the only place I'd ever heard the book mentioned to that point, and then never heard about it again until the movie came out. Didn't see the movie. I found a 99 cent paperback copy at a book sale last year, and just pulled it off the shelf

It's interesting that I've picked up and read this story right now in view of McCain's selection of Palin, a virtual unknown, and her rapid escallation to the front page of the country's newspapers. That's almost exactly what occurred to Chance, the name of a man who had served without pay as a wealthy man's gardener until he suddenly found himself without a job or a family when the man died. While roaming the streets deciding what to next, a chauffeur backing into a parking place, pinned his

Chance is a gardener in the house of the "Old Man", a job that he has had for as long as he can remember. Chance is uneducated, he cannot read or write, and he has never been outside the garden. He watches television obsessively.Then the old man dies. His executors close up the old man's estate and send Chance out into the world. He is wholly unprepared. A series of improbable events propel Chance into the upper echelons of American society. He meets business leaders, the President, foreign

I read Being There in my infancy, prior most likely to my familiarity with Herr Heidegger.I saw the film last night, the one staring Peter Sellars.(view spoiler)[Chance is not Jesus (hide spoiler)] no matter what Melvyn Douglas's granddaughter (on the dvd extras) has to say. It is indeed possible to entirely, and at an angle of 180°, misinterpret a piece of literature. Sometimes one needn't pay attention because one always already knows what They say and so does one.

So, there was a German film in the mid-1970s, a Werner Herzog-directed movie of cult status titled, The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser, based supposedly on a true incident from hundreds of years ago in which a man, a kind of idiot, suddenly appeared in a town and his origins remained a mystery. In the film, Hauser is shown to be raised in a dark, prison-like condition, cut off completely from the ways of the world and socialization. Raised like some factory farm animal. Then one day his caretaker dies

If you haven't read this short little gem, read it now, then go to some sort of republocrat/conservative/teaparty party and try some of Chance's minimalist conversation techniques. While people are discussing debt ceilings and budget re-toolings, respond with things like "Tilling has its place, but I've always believed in allowing the subsoil to settle." I'm sure you'll be invited to visit various yachts and private estates, as well as being introduced to their unmarried sons and daughters...

A simple but beautiful story. At the same time it is a biting satire on the American media, the political system, and in general, on the state of human relationships. Of course, I also loved the film version.