How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences - Brossura

Silverman, Sue William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1496214099 ISBN 13: 9781496214096

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2020

Riassunto

Many are haunted and obsessed by their own eventual deaths, but perhaps no one as much as Sue William Silverman. This thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman&;s attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Her dread was fomented in part by a sexual assault, hidden for years, that led to an awareness that death and sex are in some ways inextricable, an everyday reality many women know too well.
              
Through gallows humor, vivid realism, and fantastical speculation, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences explores this fear of death and the author&;s desire to survive it. From cruising New Jersey&;s industry-blighted landscape in a gold Plymouth to visiting the emergency room for maladies both real and imagined to suffering the stifling strictness of an intractable piano teacher, Silverman guards her memories for the same reason she resurrects archaic words&;to use as talismans to ward off the inevitable. Ultimately, Silverman knows there is no way to survive death physically. Still, through language, commemoration, and metaphor, she searches for a sliver of transcendent immortality.
              

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Informazioni sull'autore

Sue William Silverman is a memoirist, poet, and teacher of writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has published several books, including Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You; Love Sick: One Woman&;s Journey through Sexual Addiction; The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew (Nebraska, 2014); and Fearless Confessions: A Writer&;s Guide to Memoir.
 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1496214099
• ISBN 13: 9781496214096
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 198
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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