Intoxicated by My Illness : And Other Writings on Life and Death Book

"Succeeds brilliantly....He lives as a writer and we are the wealthier for it."

THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD



Anatyole Broyad, long-time book critic, book review editor, and essayist for THE NEW YORK TIMES wants to be remembered. He will be, with this collection of irreverent, humorous essays he wrote concerning the ordeals of life and death—many of which were written during the battle with cancer that led to his death in 1990.



A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

When celebrated literary critic and New York Times Book Review editor Broyard learned that he had cancer, he determined to see his terminal illness as a liberation. Here is the product of that intense period: a collection of essays and journal entries rich with rage, impudence, and idiosyncracy. Foreword by Dr. Oliver Sacks.