Coda (Paperback)

From heartbreaking reflections on his own mortality to characteristically outrageous asides--"everybody knows somebody who knows somebody who was given six months to live, and here they are, only just dead, eight years later or, in exceptional cases, here they still are, eating oysters and boring the shit out of people"--Gray's self-proclaimed "last written words on the subject of myself" records his extraordinary emotional journey. Darkly comic depictions of the medical team are set against joyful accounts of sunlit days with this beloved wife, Victoria, in Crete and a beautiful early summer in Suffolk. Woven into the narrative are arguments with himself, "Dialogue between a Thicko and a Sicko," a shameful childhood memory, and a masterfully tense "distraction," written in real time while waiting for his final prognosis--and smoking one last cigarette. Written with exceptional candor and a poignant reluctance to leave this world behind, "Coda" is painful and beautiful.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	June 2008
Authors:	Simon Gray
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-1-84708-100-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-84708-100-2
Barcode:	9781847081001

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