One of the most moving collections of essays I know is Broken Vessels by Andre Dubus II. Almost twenty years ago I recommended it to Commonweal readers, praising the author’s “sacramental imagination.” Some of those essays were written prior to, some after, the horrific accident that cost Dubus the use of both legs. (He stopped to help a young woman whose car had broken d (...)
May 06, 2011
Books
The Fighter
TownieA MemoirAndre Dubus IIINorton, $25.95, 387 pp.
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