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On Broken Glass: Loving and Losing John Gardner

On Broken Glass: Loving and Losing John Gardner


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This intimate portrait of a major American writer explores his tumultuous creative life and is a candid memoir of a love affair cut short by his violent death. "DIED. John Gardner, 49," read the Time magazine obituary, "prolific author of stylistically adventuresome fiction, enthusiastic teacher and sometimes, messianic literary critic, of injuries sustained when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed; near his home in Susquehanna, Pa. , four days before he was to have married for the third time. " The woman John Gardner was to have married that September of 1982 was a vivacious, talented young writer named Susan Thornton, and On Broken Glass is the story of her exhilarating and sometimes devastating relationship with the author of Grendel, Nickel Mountain, The Sunlight Dialogues, and the award-winning October Light. Poignantly recalled from that moment when she first meets the seductive Gardner at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 1979, with stinging emotional resonance Thornton's tale relates both the rapture of ardent physical love and the torments of adulterous deceit. It provides, too, an insider's view of the troubling events that surrounded Gardner's untimely death at the same time that it explores the scope of his genius and maps the downward spiral of a demon-ridden alcoholic life. Intimate letters never before published further illuminate the creative appetite and imaginative power of this accomplished, often controversial novelist. On Broken Glass stands as a testament to a love that endures betrayals, trials, and tragic loss. It also comprises a profoundly realized affirmation of life, of continuance, and unexpected peace.

About the Author :
SUSAN THORNTON has worked in journalism and higher education. Her literary fiction has been published in a number of journals. She lives in Binghamton, New York, with her husband and daughter.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780786707744
  • Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 599 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0786707747
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Loving and Losing John Gardner
  • Width: 153 mm


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