Broken vessels

Trama

These 20 essays find Andre Dubus writing on such diverse subjects as his Catholic boyhood in a Cajun-Creole community in Louisiana to the transcendental qualities of baseball. He also writes descriptions of his children and his account of the 1986 car accident that cost him the use of his legs, and the ensuing struggle for his spiritual and physical survival.

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Altri libri di Andre Dubus

• È passato tanto tempo di Andre Dubus (2019)
• Il giardino delle farfalle notturne di Andre Dubus (2010)
• We don't live here anymore: three novellas di Andre Dubus (2004)
• La casa di sabbia e nebbia di Andre Dubus (2004)
• Bluesman di Andre Dubus (2002)
• House of sand and fog di Andre Dubus (2001)
• Meditations from a movable chair di Andre Dubus (1999)
• Dancing after hours: stories di Andre Dubus (1996)
• Selected stories di Andre Dubus (1989)
• The last worthless evening: four novellas & two stories di Andre Dubus (1987)
• Voices from the moon di Andre Dubus (1985)
• We don't live here anymore: the novellas of Andre Dubus di Andre Dubus (1984)