{"product_id":"the-two-kinds-of-decay-paperback","title":"The Two Kinds of Decay - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Spare and Unsparing Look at Affliction and Recovery that Heralds a Stunning New Voice \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe events that began in 1995 might keep happening to me as long as things can happen to me. Think of deep space, through which heavenly bodies fly forever. They fly until they change into new forms, simpler forms, with ever fewer qualities and increasingly beautiful names.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are names for things in spacetime that are nothing, for things that are less than nothing. White dwarfs, red giants, black holes, singularities.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut even then, in their less-than-nothing state, they keep happening.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-one, just starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, vanishing and then returning, paralyzing her for weeks at a time, programming her first to expect nothing from life and then, furiously, to expect everything. In this captivating story, Manguso recalls her nine-year struggle: arduous blood cleansings, collapsed veins, multiple chest catheters, the deaths of friends and strangers, addiction, depression, and, worst of all for a writer, the trite metaphors that accompany prolonged illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book of tremendous grace and self-awareness, \u003ci\u003eThe Two Kinds of Decay\u003c\/i\u003e transcends the very notion of what an illness story can and should be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSARAH MANGUSO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books of poetry, and the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eHard to Admit and Harder to Escape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444276883763,"sku":"9780312428440","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SSsvK0U3RTNTNm5PTCt0T1kvTllaQT09.webp?v=1758934659","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-two-kinds-of-decay-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}