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Intoxicated by My Illness And Other Writings on Life and Death

Paperback • 1993 • English

Intoxicated by My Illness And Other Writings on Life and Death

By Anatole Broyard

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About the book

Anatole Broyard, long-time book critic, book review editor, and essayist for the New York Times, wants to be remembered. He will be, with this collection of irreverent, humorous essays he wrote concerning the ordeals of life and death—many of which were written during the battle with cancer that led to his death in 1990.  A New York Times Notable Book of the Year  “A heartbreakingly eloquent and unsentimental meditation on mortality . . . Some writing is so rich and well-spoken that commentary...Show more

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ISBN

9780449908341

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published year

1993

Language

English

Original title

Intoxicated by My Illness And Other Writings on Life and Death

Format

Paperback

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