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Brain Work

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ISBN-10: 0618546723

ISBN-13: 9780618546725

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael Guista

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Michael Guista's emotionally adept, psychologically acute debut collection explores the vast mysteries of the human mind and the fascinating intricacies of the soul. Turning a keen fictional eye to the rich terrain explored by Kay Redfield Jamison and Steven Pinker, Guista confronts modern mind-body dilemmas with an extraordinary mix of compassion for his characters and awe at their situations. A disillusioned psychiatrist discovers too late the folly of his professional obsession with unusual brain injuries. A son confronts the legacy of his father's schizophrenia, with surprising conclusions. An endearing late-life romance blooms between two patients in a nursing facility, one of whom is…    
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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Michael Guista is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Company titles including: 'Brain Work'

Foreword
Filling the spaces between us
The whole world's guilt
The front yard
Down to the roots
A walk outside
Secrets
The interviewer
Step four
Kiltee
The old country
California
Godcrazy
Let me introduce to you
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