Life After Marriage by A Alvarez
Suicide cannot be read as simply another novel it is, in a sense, the author s own oblique, public suicide note, a unique meditation on this most extreme of refusals. Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close friend perhaps real, perhaps fictional more than twenty years earlier, Leve gives us, little by little, a striking portrait of a man, with all his talents and flaws, who chose to reject his life, and all the people who loved him, in favor of oblivion. Gradually, through Leve s casually obsessive, pointillist, beautiful ruminations, we come to know a stoic, sensible, thoughtful man who bears more than a slight psychological resemblance to Leve himself. But Suicide is more than just a compendium of memories of an old friend; it is a near-exhaustive catalog of the ramifications and effects of the act of suicide, and a unique and melancholy farewell to life.
A. Alvarez is the author of the recently
acclaimed Where Did It All Go Right: A Memoir as well as the classic The Savage God: A Study
of Suicide, The Biggest Game in Town and
several other works. His work has long appeared
in The New Yorker, The New York Review
of Books, and The Observer.
Clint Willis is the series editor of Adrenaline
books. His twelve anthologies for the series include Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories
of Adventure and Survival; Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks; High:
Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 and Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME.
acclaimed Where Did It All Go Right: A Memoir as well as the classic The Savage God: A Study
of Suicide, The Biggest Game in Town and
several other works. His work has long appeared
in The New Yorker, The New York Review
of Books, and The Observer.
Clint Willis is the series editor of Adrenaline
books. His twelve anthologies for the series include Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories
of Adventure and Survival; Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks; High:
Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 and Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780333241615 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333241614 |
| Title | Life After Marriage |
| Author | A Alvarez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1982-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |