Father and Son A Memoir About Family, The Past and Mortality
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An extraordinary memoir about family, the past and mortality, and the final work from the peerless Jonathan Raban. 'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous achieve...
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An extraordinary memoir about family, the past and mortality, and the final work from the peerless Jonathan Raban. 'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous achievement" – Ian McEwanOn 11 June 2011, three days short of his sixty-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban suffered a stroke which left him unable to use the right side of his body. Learning to use a wheelchair in a rehab facility outside Seattle and resisting the ministrations of the nurses overseeing his recovery, Raban began to reflect upon the measure of his own life in the face of his own mortality. Together with the chronicle of his recovery is the extraordinary story of his parents’ marriage, the early years of which were conducted by letter while his father fought in the Second World War.Jonathan Raban engages profoundly and candidly with some of the biggest questions at the heart of what it means to be alive, laying bare the human capacity to withstand trauma, as well as the warmth, strength, and humour that persist despite it. Father and Son, the final work from the peerless man of letters, is a tremendous, continent-sweeping story of love and resilience in the face of immense loss.
Detaljer
Forlag
Picador
ISBN
9780330418416
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
336
Udgivelsesdato
26-09-2024
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3223256
EAN nr.
9780330418416
Varegruppe
Biography
Højde/Dybde (mm)
21
Bredde (mm)
198
Længde (mm)
130
Vægt (g)
232