Andrew Solomon Libros

Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.

The author offers a look at depression in which he draws on his own battle with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, researchers, doctors, and others to assess the complexities of the disease, its causes and symptoms, and available therapies, examining it in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.

Exploring a wide range of topics over twenty-five years, the collection features profound essays that delve into personal and societal themes. Andrew Solomon, an acclaimed author and thinker, shares his unique insights and experiences, reflecting on identity, culture, and the human condition. Each piece is crafted with depth and eloquence, showcasing Solomon's ability to connect individual narratives to broader societal issues, making this collection both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant.

Harry, the narrator of Senior New York Times Magazine writer Andrew Solomon's first novel, is a young expatriate pianist. When Harry's mother is diagnosed with cancer, she blames her suffering on his homosexuality. Part elegy, part confession, above all an intense, vivid and moving exploration of a mother/son relationship.

In 1991 Andrew Solomon rode a tank into Red Square in Moscow with a band of Russian artists protesting the coup after Gorbachev's resignation. In 2002 he was in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban; in 2014 he travelled to Myanmar to meet ex-political prisoners as the country slowly, fitfully pushed towards freedom. We find him in Greenland in 2001 researching widespread suffering from depression and on the quest for a rare bird in Zambia in 1998. Far and Away tells these and many other stories of profound upheaval. With his signature brilliance and compassion, Solomon demonstrates both how history is altered by individuals, and how personal identities are altered when governments alter. A journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, Solomon captures the essence of these cultures across seven continents and twenty-five years and tracks seismic shifts - cultural, political and spiritual. He takes us on a magnificent journey into the heart of extraordinarily diverse experiences, yet shows us the common humanity uniting peoples and places all over the world.

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