The Cripple Liberation Front Marching Band Blues
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0917320093 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A book about sickness, disease, hospitals, doctors, learning how to walk (again), learning how to love (again) as well as fear, anger, rage, passion, Spain, gay discovery and redemption. It was featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," and included in Susan Stamberg's new book "Talk," drawn from her many years of interviewing for NPR. The first chapter was also a winner of The Pushcart Prize, and parts of the book appeared in Hippocrates Magazine.
"the truth about polio and being crippled" according to abbeysbooks. This is an amazing first hand account of the ordeal of being a polio victim by the author. It is hilariously funny packed with black humor. His honesty is searing.
a brilliant writerthis is the work of a major talent -- Booklista beautiful, horrible, depressing, exhilarating book -- The Los Angeles Herald-Examinernot for the fainthearted, nor can it be appreciated by those who believe that books ought not to grab your guts and twist thema maelstrom of rhapsodic, horribly beautiful prosea passionate immediacy and a lyrical extravagance that hamstring criticism achieves marvelous beauty. -- The New York Times Book ReviewThe most passionate and eloquent book I've read in years. More than about person or illness, it's a soaring plea for health and the sanity of the world -- Studs Terkel