Palo Alto: Stories
- Author: James Franco
- Narrator: Stacey Miller
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 5:09:34
Synopsis
Now a “provocative” and “impressive” (Variety) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola’s granddaughter)—starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer—the fiction debut from James Franco that Vogue called “compelling and gutsy.”
James Franco’s story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In “Lockheed” a young woman’s summer—spent working a dull internship—is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In “American History” a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner during a classroom skit—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In “I Could Kill Someone,” a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully’s own inner life.
These “spare and riveting” (O, The Oprah Magazine) stories are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth. Palo Alto is, “a collection of beautifully written stories” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that “capture with perfect pitch the impossible exhilaration, the inevitable downbeatness, and the pure confusion of being an adolescent” (Elle).
Features a bonus essay by James Franco on Gia Coppola's film adaptation.
Chapters
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chapter 01
Duration: 33s -
chapter 02
Duration: 01min -
chapter 03
Duration: 15min -
chapter 04
Duration: 23min -
chapter 05
Duration: 21min -
chapter 06
Duration: 25min -
chapter 07
Duration: 16min -
chapter 08
Duration: 17min -
chapter 09
Duration: 07min -
chapter 10
Duration: 06min -
chapter 11
Duration: 08min -
chapter 12
Duration: 23min -
chapter 13
Duration: 33min -
chapter 14
Duration: 30min -
chapter 15
Duration: 28min -
chapter 16
Duration: 28min -
chapter 17
Duration: 20min -
chapter 18
Duration: 01min