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A review by delore
This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death by Harold Brodkey
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Harold Brodkey died on this day 25 years ago.
It is by some strange coincidence that I finish his last statement to the world on this same day. A truly haunting and painfully honest book. It feels like Brodkey truly comes alive out of the page as he struggles toward his inevitable and devastating end. He illuminates the road toward death in a breathtakingly harsh but brilliant light: it’s at times heartbreaking; it’s at times funny; it’s at times unspeakably desolate. Reality melts into dream as waking hours fall into an endless sleep. As my grandfather begins this same grim journey, This Wild Darkness came to me at a time when I really needed it.
RIP Harold Brodkey
Harold Brodkey died on this day 25 years ago.
It is by some strange coincidence that I finish his last statement to the world on this same day. A truly haunting and painfully honest book. It feels like Brodkey truly comes alive out of the page as he struggles toward his inevitable and devastating end. He illuminates the road toward death in a breathtakingly harsh but brilliant light: it’s at times heartbreaking; it’s at times funny; it’s at times unspeakably desolate. Reality melts into dream as waking hours fall into an endless sleep. As my grandfather begins this same grim journey, This Wild Darkness came to me at a time when I really needed it.
RIP Harold Brodkey