One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival
As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECT-and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try it-as well as years of fitful recovery and setback.One Friday in April reframes suicide-whether in thought or action-as an illness in its own right, a unique consequence of trauma and personal…
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- ISBN: 978-1-324-00556-8
- EAN: 9781324005568
- Produktnummer: 35797016
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.9 cm x D2.0 cm 286 g
- Gewicht: 286
Über den Autor
Donald Antrim is the author of three novels, including Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, and a memoir, The Afterlife. He has received awards from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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