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Overview

The Eden Express describes from the inside Mark Vonnegut’s experience in the late ’60s and early ’70s—a recent college grad; in love; living communally on a farm, with a famous and doting father, cherished dog, and prized jalopy—and then the nervous breakdowns in all their slow-motion intimacy, the taste of mortality and opportunity for humor they provided, and the grim despair they afforded as well. That he emerged to write this funny and true book and then moved on to find the meaningful life that for a while had seemed beyond reach is what ultimately happens in The Eden Express. But the real story here is that throughout his harrowing experience his sense of humor let him see the humanity of what he was going through, and his gift of language let him describe it in such a moving way that others could begin to imagine both its utter ordinariness as well as the madness we all share.

About This Item

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An attractive book that tells a powerful story of one man's struggle for mental health. 'Most diseases can be separated from one¿s self . schizophrenia is something we are.' So begins Mark Vonnegut¿s depiction of his descent into, and eventual emergence from, mental illness. As a recent college graduate, self-avowed hippie, and son of a counterculture hero, Vonnegut begins to experience increasingly delusional thinking, suicidal thoughts, and physical incapacity. In February 1971 he is committed to a psychiatric hospital. The Eden Express, an ALA Notable Book first published over 25 years ago, is his honest, thoughtful, and moving account of the illness of schizophrenia. 'Required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside.' The New York Times

Synopsis

Eden Express

After writing The Eden Express, MARK VONNEGUT went to medical school. He lives with his wife and two children in Milton, Mass., where he is a full-time practicing pediatrician.

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Bookseller
BIAbooks (US)
Bookseller Inventory #
001938
Title
THE EDEN EXPRESS
Author
Vonnegut, Mark
Format/binding
Hardcover
Book condition
Used - Fine
Jacket condition
Near Fine
Quantity available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date published
1975
Keywords
VONNEGUT HIPPIE ACADEMIA SWARTHMORE BRITISH COLUMBIA SCHIZOPHRENIA

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