My 2nd 20 Yrs

ISBN: 9780465047734

定价: 45.00

内容简介

Richard BricknerS newest book beginsIn
Ma)of 1953I broke nay neck in an auto
mobile accident and lay for a whilepre
cariousl)on the furthest rim of existence
Yet My Second Twenty Years is only in part
about the aftermath of that accidentwhich
first totally paralyzed Brickner and then
gradually left him with the challenge of
earning his living and building an effective
social and personal lire from a wheelchair
The lasting literary achievement of this book
(which has already been compared to Frank
ConroyS Stop Time)lies in the astonishing
unsparing honesty and seemingly effortless
precision with which Brickner tells the story
of a handsomegiftedimmature young man
the beloved yet anxious son of two psydlia
tristsof his rendezvous withthe furthest
rim of existenceand-most eentraUyof
his struggle to grow into manhoodnot once
but twice
It is a story whichlike all fine writingillu-
minates and memorably defnes its subject
in this instancethe painful course of true
parental and filial 10vethe turbulence of
sexual developmentand the saving graces
of couragefriendshiploveand work