{"product_id":"the-guardians-an-elegy-paperback","title":"The Guardians: An Elegy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unidentified white man was struck and instantly killed by a Metro-North train last night, reported the July 24, 2008, edition of the \u003ci\u003eRiverdale Press\u003c\/i\u003e. This man was named Harris, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e--written in the years after he escaped from a psychiatric hospital and ended his life--is Sarah Manguso's heartbreaking elegy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarris was a man who played music, wrote software, wrote music, learned to drive, went to college, went to bed with girls. In \u003ci\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e, Manguso grieves not for family or for a lover, but for a best friend. With startling humor and candor, she paints a portrait of a friendship between a man and a woman--in all its unexpected detail--and shows that love and grief do not always take the shapes we expect them to.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Two Kinds of Decay\u003c\/i\u003e; two books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eSiste Viator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Captain Lands in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e; and a short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eHard to Admit and Harder to Escape\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 111\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761042948384,"sku":"9781250024152","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e3b5d8b26bbbd2918cde592dc7681fc.webp?v=1780198005","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-guardians-an-elegy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}