Wrestling With the Angel: A Memoir of My Triumph Over Illness

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:	9780671740955
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	08/15/1991
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Max Lerner was a journalist and educator known for his controversial syndicated column.

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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