In his non-fiction work White, Bret Easton Ellis rages upon modern culture for its hypersensitivity and intolerance of opposing opinions. Ellis uses examples of art, particularly in movies and novels, and the lives of artists to illustrate the way freedom of thought and freedom of speech is being suppressed at an alarming rate. Themes include the impact of social media on society as a whole, the victim mentality that is embraced by modern culture, and the suppression of free speech.
In 1985, twenty-one-year-old Bret Easton Ellis jolted the literary world with his first novel, Less than Zero, and was hailed by more than one critic as the voice of the new generation. His subsequent...
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Frequently disliked by reviewers, faulted for his youth and apparent disregard for political correctness, Bret Easton Ellis was the enfant terrible of 1980s fiction. His first novel, Less Than Zero (1...
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While still an undergraduate at Bennington College in Vermont, Ellis published his best-selling novel Less Than Zero. His books have endured literary criticism ranging from "infantile and sophomoric" ...
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Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis