The Talking Cure
A Memoir of Life on Air
$59.48
- Hardcover
382 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
As a kid growing up in Queens, Mike Feder identified with Scheherazade of The Thousand and One Nights- “The idea of someone having to tell a new tale every night to prevent their head getting chopped off seemed sadly familiar to me.“Back then, the author’s audience was his mentally ill mother, who used to stay in the house all day with the shades drawn, and then insist that her son tell her stories so that she might vicariously experience the world outside. Eventually she committed suicide, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583220412 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583220410 |
| Author: | Mike Feder |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 382 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 676g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm |
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Critics Review
“I appreciate how he invites his readers to laugh at his sufferings - like Woody Allen.” - QUENTIN CRISP “Mike Feder just talks without apparent design, making you laugh…and then you realise he has a poet’s master plan.” - Gene Wilder “One hears echoes of Woody Allen and Philip Roth, with a touch of Mark Twain holding it all together.” - The Pittsburgh Press
About The Author
Mike Feder
Mike Feder grew up in New York City. He has worked as a social worker, parole officer, welfare agent, clerk in a crooked employment agency, radio station manager, used bookstore owner, screenwriter (collaborating with Gene Wilder), and landlord. His writing has appeared in many publications including Harper’s. His previous book was the critically acclaimed New York Son.
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