Father and son : a memoir
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
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323 pages ; 25 cm
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Adult Biography
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.
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"A poignant memoir of recovery and reflection after a life-changing stroke, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award"--
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In June 2011, just days before his sixty-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban was sitting down to dinner with his daughter when he found he couldn’t move his knife to his plate. Later that night, at the hospital, doctors confirmed what all had that he had suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke, paralyzing the right side of his body. Once he became stable, Raban embarked on an extended stay at a rehabilitation center, where he became acquainted with, and struggled to accept, the limitations of his new body—learning again how to walk and climb stairs, attempting to bathe and dress himself, and rethinking how to write and even read.
Woven into these pages is an account of a second battle, one that his own father faced in the trenches during World War II. With intimate letters that his parents exchanged at the time, Raban places the budding love of two young people within the tumultuous landscape of the war’s various fronts, from the munition-strewn beaches of Dunkirk to blood-soaked streets of Anzio. Moving between narratives, his and theirs, Raban artfully explores the human capacity to adapt to trauma, as well as the warmth, strength, and humor that persist despite it. The result is Father and Son, a powerful story of mourning, but also one of resilience. -from Goodreads
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Raban, J. (2023). Father and son: a memoir (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Raban, Jonathan. 2023. Father and Son: A Memoir. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Raban, Jonathan. Father and Son: A Memoir Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Raban, Jonathan. Father and Son: A Memoir First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
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