The Journal of a Disappointed Man
Автор:
W. N. P. BarbellionЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-12-17Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
100
Description
The budding naturalist W. N. P. Barbellion begins keeping a journal at the age of thirteen. Curious, enthusiastic, and clever, he lives a happy life punctuated by periods of health problems. As he grows up, he earns recognition as a promising naturalist, but his health scares become more frequent and more severe. He’s eventually diagnosed with a fatal, unnamed illness, which today we know to be multiple sclerosis.
These journals of a dying man capture his frustration at a life of promise being cut short—but they also contain many odes to a life well-lived. His philosophical musings on death, love, beauty, and nature paint a picture of a sensitive young man who managed to...
