The Two Kinds of Decay
Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
At twenty-one, just as she was starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable autoimmune disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, paralyzing her for weeks at a time,...
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At twenty-one, just as she was starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable autoimmune disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, paralyzing her for weeks at a time, programming her first to expect nothing from life and then, furiously, to expect everything. In this captivating story, Manguso recalls her struggle: arduous blood cleansings, collapsed veins, multiple chest catheters, depression, the deaths of friends and strangers, addiction, and, worst of all for a writer, the trite metaphors that accompany prolonged illness. A book of tremendous grace, The Two Kinds of Decay transcends the very notion of what an illness story can and should b
Autoren-Porträt von Sarah Manguso
Sarah Manguso wurd 1974 in Massachusetts geboren. Ihre Gedichte erschienen u. a. in drei Ausgaben der Best American Poetry-Serie, dem New York Times Magazine, der London Book Review sowie in der Paris Review. Sarah Manguso unterrichtete Literatur an der University of Iowa und lehrt am Pratt Institute.
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- Autor: Sarah Manguso
- 2009, 192 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Picador USA
- ISBN-10: 0312428448
- ISBN-13: 9780312428440
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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