Zero at the bone : rewriting life after a snakebite / Erec Toso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toso, Erec, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toso, Erec, 1956-.

Toso, Erec.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

210 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]

Summary:

Zero at the Bone is a deeply personal narrative about Erec Toso's physical recovery and emotional transformation following his near-death experience. In elegant prose that inspires as much as it unsettles, Toso takes the reader along with him on his expedition into the uncharted territory of cellular damage, hallucination, and ultimately profound spiritual awakening. In a story that hinges on a common fear about an unlikely event-that of a snakebite-Toso uncovers a more widespread reality that many of us do not fear enough-complacency.

Contents:

1 Steps 3

2 Day Begins 6

3 Darkness and Silence 18

4 Someone at the Door 24

5 Crossing Deep Waters 30

6 Another Chance 36

7 Winding Words 52

8 What Remains 55

9 Cocktails 63

10 Momentum 67

11 Carried 72

12 The Plumed Serpent 80

13 Enemies and Brothers 95

14 Measuring Zero at the Bone 99

16 Just Enough 109

17 In Bad Taste 114

18 Seeing Inside 123

19 Resonance 128

20 Infusion 130

21 Unwinding Narrative 134

22 Beneath the New Moon 138

23 Clocktime 145

24 Spiral Travel 152

25 Holding Breath 162

26 While I Was Gone 171

27 Learning to Breathe 179

28 The Snake Inside 194

29 Sunrise 200

30 Cultivating Balance 204.

ISBN:

9780816525911

0816525919

OCLC:

74964200