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Broken people : a novel / Sam Lansky.
Van Pelt Library PS3612.A5859 B765 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lansky, Sam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Addicts--Fiction.
- Addicts.
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- Hallucinogenic plants.
- Self-acceptance.
- Mysticism.
- Shamans--Fiction.
- Shamans.
- Mysticism--Fiction.
- Self-acceptance--Fiction.
- Self-realization--Fiction.
- Self-realization.
- Hallucinogenic plants--Fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 297 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This is what hooks Sam when he first overhears it at a fancy dinner party in the Hollywood hills: the story of a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform 'open-soul surgery' on emotionally damaged people. For neurotic, depressed Sam, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, the possibility of total transformation is utterly tantalizing. He's desperate for something to believe in, and the shaman - who promises ancient rituals, plant medicine, and encounters with the divine--seems convincing enough for Sam to sign up for a weekend under his care."--Publisher.
- "He fixes everything that's wrong with you in three days." Sam overhears a conversation about a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform 'open-soul surgery' on emotionally damaged people. He is neurotic, depressed, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, and the possibility of total transformation is utterly tantalizing. The shaman-- who promises ancient rituals, plant medicine and encounters with the divine-- seems convincing enough for Sam to sign up for a weekend under his care. But are the great spirits the real at all-- or are the ghosts in Sam's memory more powerful than any magic? -- adapted from jacket
- ISBN:
- 9781335013934
- 1335013938
- OCLC:
- 1156373787
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