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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This extraordinary memoir. The funniest and most haunting piece of writing about its remarkable subject that has yet been attempted.' - John Raymond, London Sunday TimesThe follow-up to Peters' beloved memoir, Boyhood with Gurdjieff. Peters emerges from military service at the end of World War II - shellshocked, lonely, and displaced - to reconnect with his father figure and spiritual mentor in Paris. Their interaction in the last months of Gurdjieff's life and the earnest start of Peters' maturity proves to be no less impactful than their earlier time together at the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, particularly when Gurdjieff bestows the mantle of true successor on Fritz before an audience of his followers. Replete with a supernatural healing event, internal politics, and quirks of Gurdjieff's character, Peters returns his clear and intuitive narrative powers to his unforgettable subject, delivering a striking memoir. Includes an introduction by biographer, art historian, and translator, Roger Lipsey. He is the author of Gurdjieff Reconsidered: The Life, the Teachings, the Legacy (Shambhala Publications, 2019) and received his PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'On a par with Alice in Wonderland, a real treasure of our literature. Full of wisdom, the wisdom of life.' - Henry Miller, author of Tropic of CancerWhen Fritz first arrived at Gurdjieff's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, the mystic asked the boy what he wanted to learn. Fritz replied, 'I want to know everything. Everything about man. I think it is called psychology or maybe philosophy.' Gurdjieff answered with a sigh, 'Your answer makes life difficult for me. I am the only one who teaches what you ask. You make more work for me.'Thus, Fritz became perhaps the most intimate student of this controversial teacher, but Gurdjieff was more than just a guru to Fritz. He was a father figure whose influence Peters never shook, and always struggled to integrate. This stunning memoir covering Peters' first years at the Institute retains a child's naive perspective while offering photorealistic recall of Gurdjieff, the workings of his intentional community, and the eccentric characters who lived there.Includes an introduction by biographer, art historian, and translator, Roger Lipsey. He is the author of Gurdjieff Reconsidered: The Life, the Teachings, the Legacy (Shambhala Publications, 2019) and received his PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The very material of suspense. Mr. Peters has done a thrilling piece of work, which this reader, once having begun it, could not put down.' - Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize Winner 'Not so much composed as forced out of the writer by the need to put down a terrible experience while still raw and quivering from its impact' - Antonia White, in New Statesman Protagonist David Mitchell is a World War II veteran who, under the weight of his too-real experiences, rages at his family, burns cigarette stigmata into his palms, and stares down the sun. The reader learns of this from Mitchell's stream-of-consciousness ravings - our narrator is in the throes of a psychotic break. Mitchell improves, both due to and in in spite of the treatment he receives in the VA hospital in which he is trapped. Insulin coma therapy, restraint with wet blankets, and blunt-force electroshock are elements of his care. Mitchell is fortunate that his doctors refrain from treating the homosexuality in his military record, about which he is unapologetic. Ultimately, Mitchell's illness can only be overcome by his own shattered mind. When The World Next Door was first published, it was nearly categorized as an autobiography. Ultimately released as a novel to critical acclaim, it caused a splash in the psychiatric community for its illuminating view of a mental institution from a patient's perspective. Appendix includes a letter from the Veteran Administration hospital where Peters was admitted.…