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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Taurus
Publication date March 30, 2006
Pages 520
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9789707704220
ISBN-10 9707704225
Dimensions 1.50 by 6 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.35 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $19.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Intense and unpredictable, a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation is recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self-pity, bringing readers face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and recovery.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects goodness, cynicism, and self-pity, it brings us face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery. A Million Little Pieces is the fight between one young man’s will and the ever-tempting chemical trip to oblivion, the fight to survive on his own terms, for reasons close to his own heart.

Description in Spanish: Imagina que te despiertas en un avión. No tienes ni idea de dónde has estado ni de adónde vas. No recuerdas nada de las dos últimas semanas. Imagina que te faltan cuatro dientes, que tienes la nariz rota y una herida en la mejilla. Imagina que vas sin cartera, sin dinero, y no tienes trabajo. Imagina que te está buscando la policía. Imagina que eres alcohólico desde hace diez años y adicto al crack desde hace tres. ¿Qué harías?

A los veintitrés años, James Frey ingresó en un centro de desintoxicación. Destruido física y mentalmente de forma casi irremediable, debía enfrentarse a una difícil decisión: aceptar que no llegaría a cumplir los veinticuatro, o cambiar drásticamente el curso de su vida. Rodeado de pacientes en la misma situación —entre los que había un juez, un pandillero, un boxeador que había sido campeón mundial y una frágil ex prostituta—, Frey luchó contra el dogma de «Cómo recuperarse» para conseguir encontrar su propio camino, y decidir qué futuro, si le esperaba alguno, era el que quería alcanzar.

Aclamado por la crítica como todo un fenómeno literario y best seller desde los primeros días de su publicación, En mil pedazos es el testimonio inusualmente sincero de un hombre cuyo furioso impulso de autodestrucción sólo es comparable a su inagotable deseo de sobrevivir.

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9789707704220 | details & prices | 520 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A memoir of drug and alcohol abuse and the rehabilitation experience examines addiction and recovery through the eyes of a man who had taken his addictions to deadly extremes, describing the battle to confront the consequences of his life.

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