· In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad's Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved in front of his car. The collision resulted in her www.doorway.ru: Random House Publishing Group. 24TH JUNE REVIEW: HALF A LIFE BY DARIN STRAUSS. Title: Half a Life. Author: Darin Strauss. Pages: Pages. Publisher: Random House. The Blurb. In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life.4/5(). REVIEW: HALF A LIFE BY DARIN STRAUSS Title: Half a Life Author: Darin Strauss Pages: Pages Publisher: Random House The Blurb In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the Cited by: 1.
Half a Life is an unusually honest, thoughtful and unsettling memoir, which readers and critics are destined to call 'brave'—for it is brave. But the book is more than simply brave, it is a searingly self-disciplined work of literature, and of self-examination. Darin Strauss does not permit himself even one sentence, even one moment, of lazy thinking, or mitigating excuses. Darin Strauss Books written: Half A Life; More Than It Hurts You; Mr. Beluncle; The real McCoy. Major Events Of His Life: Impact On society: "Book Review: More Than It Hurts You by Darin Strauss" A Novel Menagerie. Tuesday, . Half a Life/Darin Strauss: Reflections. Sunday, Septem. Dignity is a word I have long associated with Darin Strauss. His refined mind and sensibilities were on display in novels like Chang and Eng. A certain quietude pervaded interviews. When I learned that Strauss was sending a memoir into the world, a memoir entrusted to McSweeney.
In May, , at age 18, Strauss was driving on a highway with his friends when a sixteen-year-old girl on a bicycle veered from the right shoulder, crossing multiple lanes of traffic. Strauss hit and killed her. Half a Life is his story of how he came to terms with this. Half a Life is a book by American author Darin Strauss. It received the National Book Critics Circle Award for memoir in The memoir grew out of a This American Life episode entitled "Life After Death," in which the author addressed the effects of a high school traffic accident. Half a Life is Darin Strauss’s award-winning memoir about the tragic event that changed the trajectory of his life. Published in by McSweeney’s, the autobiographical story expands upon the This American Life podcast episode “Life After Death” where Strauss publicly discusses the emotional repercussions of being responsible for the accidental death of a young woman.
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