The Two Kinds of Decay
Author | : Sarah Manguso |
Publisher | : Granta |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2011-02-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847083654 |
ISBN-13 | : 184708365X |
Rating | : 4/5 (65X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Two Kinds of Decay written by Sarah Manguso and published by Granta. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At twenty-one, just as she was starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable autoimmune disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, paralysing her for weeks at a time, programming her first to expect nothing from life and then, furiously, to expect everything. In this captivating story, Manguso recalls her struggle: arduous blood cleansings, collapsed veins, multiple chest catheters, depression, the deaths of friends and strangers, addiction, and, worst of all for a writer, the trite metaphors that accompany prolonged illness. A book of tremendous grace and humour, The Two Kinds of Decay transcends the very notion of what an account of illness can and should be.