Eating the Underworld

Doris Brett

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Vintage
07 September 2001

Biography: general; Biography - Australian

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"An extraordinary personal journey through cancer and treatment.

An extraordinary personal journey through cancer and treatment.

""...

Extraordinary...

Its bravery, irony, humour and intelligence - everything shines through the transparent prose...a remarkable literary voice, or melding of three voices--the autobiographical, the poetic, and the allegorical."" - Dr. Oliver Sacks

""The life of an individual is as complex as a maze of reflecting mirrors. The life of a family is even more so.""

Doris Brett is an award-winning writer and poet.

'I forget who said that the prospect of impending death concentrates the mind wonderfully . . . clarifying is the word I keep thinking of. But this is not the clarifying of a mist gently evaporating to reveal answers. This is the clarifying of paint-stripper; a solvent that stings and burns with its harshness, but reveals what was truly there all the time.'

When Doris Brett was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, she began writing a private journal - a

traveller's diary through a life-threatening illness. The journal, however, rapidly grew into something much more than that. Cancer became the catalyst for an inner journey - a journey through self.

Evocatively told via three voices - the diarist, the poet, and the voice of fairytale and myth - this memoir explores the intricate dynamics of family, truth and memory.

Poignant and compelling, Eating the Underworld is a sharply observed, often unexpectedly funny book about change, transformation and the constant renewal of self throughout our lives.

'As with any descent into a feared and terrifying country - whether it is the country of illness or the country of a grieving heart - we have entered the underworld. And we have eaten of its fruit . . . the knowledge of ourselves, the knowledge of others. We cannot remain unchanged."

By: Doris Brett
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9781740510707
ISBN 10: 1740510704
Publication Date: 07 September 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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