The Enigma of Suicide - Couverture rigide

Colt, George Howe

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0671509969 ISBN 13 : 9780671509965

Editeur : Summit Books, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Colt George Howe

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Written with the same graceful narrative voice that made his bestselling National Book Award finalist The Big House such a success, George Howe Colt's November of the Soul is a compassionate, compelling, thought-provoking, and exhaustive investigation into the subject of suicide. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews and a fascinating survey of current knowledge, Colt provides moving case studies to offer insight into all aspects of suicide -- its cultural history, the latest biological and psychological research, the possibilities of prevention, the complexities of the right-to-die movement, and the effects on suicide's survivors.

Presented with deep compassion and humanity, November of the Soul is an invaluable contribution not only to our understanding of suicide but also of the human condition.

Revue de presse

"Imagine a book about a forbidden subject at once so matter-of-fact and thorough that it could be the perfect catalog and as sure-footed and moving as a good novel. This is what George Howe Colt has given us."

-- Boston Globe

"Rigorous, wide-ranging, informed, and humane...Provides much sorely needed wisdom; it will not arrest the crisis, but it could save some lives."

-- Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

"An utterly fascinating, admirably well-written, and sad book...The literature on the subject -- and the survivors -- are greatly enriched by his evocative treatment of it."

-- The New York Times Book Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Summit Books
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671509969
• ISBN 13: 9780671509965
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible