Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life

Author:   Allen Shawn
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780143113072


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life


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In addition to being the son of famous New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother of the distinguished playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, Allen Shawn is agoraphobic-he is afraid of both public spaces and isolation. Wish I Could Be There gracefully captures both of these extraordinary realities, blending memoir and scientific inquiry in an utterly engrossing quest to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Droll, probing, and honest, Shawn explores the many ways we all become who we are, whether through upbringing, genes, or our own choices, creating ""an eloquent meditation upon the mysteries of personality and family""* and the struggle to face one's demons.

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Author:   Allen Shawn
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin USA
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.222kg
ISBN:  

9780143113072


ISBN 10:   0143113070
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person's mind and body. -<i>Chicago Tribune</i> Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that's as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks's case studies. -Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times*</i> A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry. -<i>The New Yorker</i>


aA harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one personas mind and body.a<br> a Chicago Tribune <br> aRemarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book thatas as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacksas case studies.a<br> aMichiko Kakutani, The New York Times* <br> aA vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry.a<br> a The New Yorker


A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person's mind and body. - Chicago Tribune Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that's as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks's case studies. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times* A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry. - The New Yorker


Author Information

Allen Shawn is the author of the critically acclaimed Wish I Could Be There and Arnold Schoenberg's Journey. He is a composer and pianist, and has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Vermont and is on the faculty of Bennington College.

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