The Eden Express A Memoir of Insanity

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-11-05
Publisher(s): Seven Stories Press
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Summary

"Most diseases can be separated from one's self . . . schizophrenia is something we are." So begins Mark Vonnegut's depiction of his descent into, and eventual emergence from, mental illness. This edition features a new Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and a new Preface by the author. An ALA Notable Book.

Author Biography

After writing The Eden Express, MARK VONNEGUT went to medical school. He lives with his wife and two children in Milton, Mass., where he is a full-time practicing pediatrician.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11(4)
Kurt Vonnegut
Preface to the 2002 edition 15(4)
Preface to the first edition 19(2)
Schizophrenia
Traveling Hopefully
21(78)
Arriving
99(120)
Rounds Two, Three, and Going Home
219(66)
Letter to Anita
285(12)
Afterword 297(4)
About the author 301

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