Making Toast

Roger Rosenblatt (Autor)

HarperCollins (Editora)

R$ 111,93

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Descrição

"A painfully beautiful memoir....Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive."

--E. L. Doctorow

A revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner, to name but a few) journalist, novelist, and playwright, Roger Rosenblatt shares the unforgettable story of the tragedy that changed his life and his family. A book that grew out of his popular December 2008 essay in The New Yorker, Making Toast is a moving account of unexpected loss and recovery in the powerful tradition of About Alice and The Year of Magical Thinking. Writer Ann Beattie offers high praise to the acclaimed author of Lapham Rising and Beet for a memoir that is, "written so forthrightly, but so delicately, that you feel you're a part of this family."

Sobre o Livro

Na crônica que deu origem ao livro, publicada no The New Yorker, Rosenblatt relata a morte súbita de um membro da família e as primeiras reações dos parentes.

O memoir acompanha a rotina doméstica e os rituais de luto, mostrando decisões práticas e o esforço de reconstituir a vida diária. Há descrições de momentos concretos, como refeições, cartas e rituais familiares.

Com tom contido, Rosenblatt usa lembranças e cenas domésticas para reconstruir a história da família e explorar as mudanças nos vínculos afetivos.