A meditation on dying by a writer who has been compared to Proust, was much praised by Salman Rushdie and is perhaps most famous for producing very little.
Harold Brodkey died of AIDS in January 1996. His last written words, produced hours before his own extinction, appeared in the New Yorker magazine the week of his death. This book is the author’s terrifying and intimate account of his journey into darkness.
Born in 1930 in Illinois, Brodkey’s mother died when he was two, after which he became withdrawn and mute for over two years. He emerged from his silent cocoon as a prodigy, however, and both his parents and his trauma figure largely in his writing. He went to Harvard, and moved to New York in 1953, publishing his first collection of short stories in 1957. Despite publishing very little for the next 31 years, Brodkey developed one of the most extraordinary reputations in modern letters, and has been compared by serious critics to Milton, Wordsworth, Freud and Proust.
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Brodkey’s short stories for the New Yorker were collected in his 1957 First Love and Other Sorrows. A second collection of short stories, The Abundant Dreamer, appeared in 1988, and his long-awaited novel The Runaway Soul three years later.
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: F/VG+/ND. y First Edition. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. 1.3.5.7.9.10.8.6.4.2.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Very slight single crease to spine and to hinge, some minimal shelf wear. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning, seems very lightly read, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 177 pp. text. iii pp. Advertisements and blank pages.* Product Description :- The American author Harold Brodkey died of AIDS in January 1996. His last written words, produced hours before his death, appeared in the "New Yorker" magazine the same week and are presented in this book. They provide an intimate account of his journey into darkness.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. Edition 1st Impression only reduced to VG+ by some very light reading wear. n. Codice articolo 3314
Descrizione libro 1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description:177p; 20 cm. Subjects: Brodkey, Harold Last years. Authors, American 20th century Death. AIDS (Disease) Patients United States Biography. Genre: Autobiography. 1 Kg. Codice articolo 313542