John Healy (1) (1930–1991)
Autor de The Grass Arena
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Obras de John Healy
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1930
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1991
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
Miembros
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 179
- Popularidad
- #120,383
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 32
- Idiomas
- 2
The book gives no indication of the years the events are happening in and is told in a disorientating way that helps you get in to the head of an alcoholic on the streets; events jump around and merge, there are periods of blacking out and not remembering anything.
Written as a recovering alcoholic, how many of the memories would resemble the memories of others who were part of them is difficult to know, but this is a very personal book and gives the reader what John Healy remembers of those years as a rough sleeper.
The book certainly helps you understood the mind-set of an alcoholic and life on the street and is an excellent and harrowing account.… (más)