Status
Available
Series
Publication
New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
Description
Desperadoroman om et ungt pars vilde odyssé tværs gennem sydstaterne på flugt for myndighedernes kontrol og i sentimental tro på, at kærligheden overvinder alt.
User reviews
LibraryThing member librarianbryan
It's really impossible for me to separate this text from the film that it inspired. I was already in love with all the characters. The book is more flash fiction, less mystical. Some of the more out there parts of the film are not to be found. Gifford's goal is realism, not surrealism. The ending
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is different. Sort of. It still blazes... for the wild at heart. Show Less
LibraryThing member MiaCulpa
I read this back in the day in the lead up to seeing the film adaptation. I really shouldn't have bothered. Wild at Heart, following the adventures of Sailor and Lulu, never scales any great heights and made me wonder what indeed the film producers saw in the book to consider outlaying millions
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into filming it. Show Less
LibraryThing member msf59
Here we are introduced to Sailor and Lula- a pair of young free spirits hitting the road and heading west. I thought it would be a more violent and action orientated tale but it was a mostly an easy-going journey, until Sailor, an ex-con, decides to break the law again. I saw the film Wild at Heart
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many years ago. I am a big David Lynch fan but that one didn’t work for me. That said, once I discovered that the film was based on a series of books, I thought I might want to give one a try. I am glad I did, plus they are novella size, so you can get through them quickly. Show Less