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- catalog abstract "For Andre Dubus, "The quotidian and the spiritual don't exist on different planes, but infuse each other. His is an unapologetically sacramental vision of life in which ordinary things participate in the miraculous, the miraculous in ordinary things. He believes in God, and talks to Him, and doesn't mince words. He believes in ghosts...He is open to mystery, and of all mysteries the one that interests him most is the human potential for transcendence." So wrote Tobias Wolff seven years ago, about Andre Dubus's Broken Vessels, and that insight describes perfectly the twenty-five pieces in this powerfully moving new collection, a continuation of Dubus's candid, intensely personal exploration into matters of morality, religion, and creativity. Here is Dubus on the rape of his beloved sister, his first real job, a gay naval officer, Hemingway, the blessing of his first marriage, his dear friend Richard Yates, his own crippling, lost autumnal pleasures, having sons and grandsons, his first books, meeting a woman who witnessed his accident, the Catholic church, and, of course, his faith.".
- catalog contributor b10796426.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "About Kathryn -- Legs -- Letter to a writers' workshop -- Digging -- Imperiled men -- A Hemingway story -- Grace -- Mailer at the Algonquin -- Brothers -- Good-bye to Richard Yates -- Sacraments -- Bodily mysteries -- A country road song -- Carrying -- Girls -- Liv Ullmann in spring -- Love in the morning -- Song of pity -- Communion -- First books -- Letter to Amtrak -- Autumn legs -- Giving up the gun -- Messages -- Witness.".
- catalog description "For Andre Dubus, "The quotidian and the spiritual don't exist on different planes, but infuse each other. His is an unapologetically sacramental vision of life in which ordinary things participate in the miraculous, the miraculous in ordinary things. He believes in God, and talks to Him, and doesn't mince words. He believes in ghosts...He is open to mystery, and of all mysteries the one that interests him most is the human potential for transcendence." So wrote Tobias Wolff seven years ago, about Andre Dubus's Broken Vessels, and that insight describes perfectly the twenty-five pieces in this powerfully moving new collection, a continuation of Dubus's candid, intensely personal exploration into matters of morality, religion, and creativity. Here is Dubus on the rape of his beloved sister, his first real job, a gay naval officer, Hemingway, the blessing of his first marriage, his dear friend Richard Yates, his own crippling, lost autumnal pleasures, having sons and grandsons, his first books, meeting a woman who witnessed his accident, the Catholic church, and, of course, his faith.".
- catalog extent "209 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Meditations from a movable chair.".
- catalog identifier "067943108X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Meditations from a movable chair.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Alfred A. Knopf,".
- catalog relation "Meditations from a movable chair.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 B 21".
- catalog subject "Dubus, Andre, 1936-".
- catalog subject "Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3554.U265 Z47 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "About Kathryn -- Legs -- Letter to a writers' workshop -- Digging -- Imperiled men -- A Hemingway story -- Grace -- Mailer at the Algonquin -- Brothers -- Good-bye to Richard Yates -- Sacraments -- Bodily mysteries -- A country road song -- Carrying -- Girls -- Liv Ullmann in spring -- Love in the morning -- Song of pity -- Communion -- First books -- Letter to Amtrak -- Autumn legs -- Giving up the gun -- Messages -- Witness.".
- catalog title "Meditations from a movable chair : essays / by Andre Dubus.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".