Wrestling with the Angel

by Max Lerner

Overview

Journalist Max Lerner writes a stunningly honest account of the feelings and thoughts that marked his battle with two successive cancers and a heart attack. Journal entries from this extraordinary ordeal show how mind and body interweave in the healing process. A worthy companion to Anatomy of an Illness.--Kirkus Reviews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393336757
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/1990
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Lerner narrates and meditates on his survival of two bouts with cancer and a heart attack over a five-year period that began when he was 78. ``What distinguishes his account is the author's ability to summon up his psychic forces to engage in death-defying combat and, despite pain and physical debilitation, to continue writing and teaching,'' said PW . (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Journalist/scholar Lerner writes with uplifting gusto of his battles with a series of life-threatening illnesses. With intelligence, curiosity, and assertiveness, he was able to overcome the dehumanizing experience of hospitalization, retain a sense of self, and demand an active role in his treatment. He was aided by superb medical care, a supportive family, and the determination to live. The journal entries from the periods of travail reveal intimate glimpses of a man struggling with his mortality. The book is enriched by numerous literary allusions and metaphors, ranging from classical mythology to contemporary poets, that are characteristic of his writing style. A keen, analytic observer, this feisty octogenarian offers many unique perspectives in discussing illness, the healing process, aging, and death. A remarkable zest for living emerges in this book.-- Carol R. Glatt, Northeastern Hosp . of Philadelphia Lib.

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