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The narrow door : a memoir of friendship / Paul Lisicky.

Title
The narrow door : a memoir of friendship / Paul Lisicky.
Author
Lisicky, Paul
Publication
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
218 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"In The Narrow Door, Paul Lisicky creates a compelling collage of scenes and images drawn from two long-term relationships, one with a woman novelist and the other with his ex-husband, a poet. The contours of these relationships shift constantly. Denise and Paul, stretched by the demands of their writing lives, drift apart, and Paul's romance begins to falter. And the world around them is frail: environmental catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, and local disturbances make an unsettling backdrop to the pressing concerns of Denise's cancer diagnosis and Paul's impending breakup. Lisicky's compassionate heart and resilience seem all the stronger in the face of such searing losses. His survival--hard-won, unsentimental, authentic--proves that in turning toward loss, we embrace life."--Page [4] of cover.
Subject
  • Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
  • Doty, Mark > Marriage
  • Gess, Denise > Friends and associates
  • Lisicky, Paul
  • Lisicky, Paul > Friends and associates
  • Lisicky, Paul > Marriage
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781555977283
  • 1555977286
LCCN
^^2015952176
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library