The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend

The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend

â€œAn unidentified white man was struck and instantly killed by a Metro-North train last night,â€ reported the July 24, 2008, edition of the Riverdale Press. This man was named Harris, and The Guardiansâ€”written in the years after he escaped from a psychiatric hospital and ended his lifeâ€”is Sarah Mangusoâ€™s heartbreaking elegy.
Harris was a man who â€œplayed music, wrote software, wrote music, learned to drive, went to college, went to bed with girls.â€ In The Guardians, Manguso grieves not for family or for a lover, but for a best friend. With startling humor and candor, she paints a portrait of a friendship between a man and a womanâ€”in all its unexpected detailâ€”and shows that love and grief do not always take the shapes we expect them to.
Country USA
Brand Picador
Manufacturer Picador
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781250024152

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