Berger Suzanne E 1944 (3 results)
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; Description: xviii, 216 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Berger, Suzanne E. , 1944- --Health. Poets, American--20th century--Biography. Backache--Patients--Rehabilitation--Biog…raphy. 1 Kg.
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; Description: xviii, 216 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Berger, Suzanne E. , 1944- --Health. Poets, American--20th century--Biography. Backache--Patients--Rehabilitation--Biog…raphy. 1 Kg.
More imagesPublished by Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, 1996
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Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellervery good dust-jacket, cover price $22.95, very good red half-cloth with light brown tan boards. SIGNED in blue ink on half-title page: Suzanne Berger, and INSCRIBED around it in black ink over 6-lines to a named recipient. BERGER, SUZANNE E. Horizontal woman: the story of a body in exile. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, 1st pri…nting number line ending with 1, xviii, 216pp., . Dust-jacket design by Carin Goldberg. "In the mundane act of bending down, Suzanne Berger suffered a back injury so severe that she was left suddenly and dramatically disabled. This fiercely passionate memoir by a prizewinning poet portrays the phantasmagoric perspective of a life lived horizontally." - . "With that perspective comes a mesmerizing account of pain and rage, absurdity and hilarity, humiliation and gratitude. Her muscles for sitting or standing torn, housebound and dependent on others, Berger finds her universe askew. Her identity as a mother, wife, and friend undergoes dramatic change; her body becomes a betrayer. Often left behind by necessity, she is forced to excavate for beauty and amusement in a newly limited world." - "When she finally escapes for small adventures to restaurants, playgrounds, stores, where she must always lie down, she confronts the outrageous rudeness of strangers mystified by her invisible injury. Relief comes in blissful aquatherapy sessions with her physical therapists, the "angels of attempted repair," who guide her toward "the high epiphany of walking" and help her confront the ostracism that comes with being differently placed in the world." - "In language full of poetic vigor and biting humor, Horizontal Woman explores what it means to not "get well" in a society obsessed with health. Irreverent, unflinching, and inspiring, it reaches out to all who know that there is no easy return from physical or psychic exile.". 9780395726686 ISBN 0395726689.
