How To Stop Time

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How To Stop Time

Editorial: virago

ISBN: 978-18-6049-821-3

ISBN sin guiones: 9781860498213

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2002-10-03

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

How to Stop Time

Editorial: anchor

ISBN: 978-03-8572-016-8

ISBN sin guiones: 9780385720168

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 320

Fecha de publicación: 2000-11-07

Idioma: inglés (Estados Unidos)

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How To Stop Time

Ann Marlowe

Primera publicación: 2002-10-03

In a coolly dispassionate voice, Ann Marlowe has created a mock dictionary in order to dissect her addiction to - and her eventual rejection of - heroin. Each entry, varying from the anecdotal to the analytical, describes the allure and the degradation of the drug, set against the story of her own life. Without glamorizing it, she explores the seduction of the drug and honestly reveals heroin's temporary deep satisfaction, before finally casting the drug aside as a failed, even abusive, lover, a negligent spouse, a one-way ultimately doomed relationship. Her journey through heroin is a cerebral tale grounded in an exploration of emotional life. Throughout, her tone is ironic and searching and her alphabetical voyage provides an insight into the twilight world of drug addiction.