The Talking Cure: A Memoir of Life on Air

Author: Mike Feder
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Category: Radio, Radio, Biography: General, Literary Essays, Contemporary Fiction, Abnormal Psychology, Funny Books & Stories
Book Format: Hardcover

As a kid growing up in Queens, Mike Feder identified with Scheherazade of The Thousand and One Nights: The idea of someone having to tell a new tale every night to prevent their head getting chopped off seemed sadly familiar to me.

Back then, the author's audience was his mentally ill mother, who used to stay in the house all day with the shades drawn, and then insist that her son tell her stories so that she might vicariously experience the world outside. Eventually she committed suicide, and Feder grew up to be a relentless, comic storyteller on the radio. The Talking Cure tells the story of his ridiculous jobs, first failed marriage, the string of psychiatrists, and the misery of reluctant fatherhood; throughout he maintains a kind of bizarre balancing act--hilariousness and deep seriousness, conventionality and strangeness. An ironist and a comic, Feder looks unflinchingly at his own foibles and frailties, enabling him to connect to other people's stories.

The reader emerges from this book with a sense of forgiveness for the human condition, and awe at the mystery of human life. Deeply funny, and at the same time breathtakingly dark, this is a book to provoke, amuse and, in some strange way, reassure: God loves a challenge.

MIKE FEDER grew up in New York City. His writing has appeared in Harper's and the New York Times magazine. He is the author of New York Son (Crown, 1998) and lives in New York City with his wife.

About Mike Feder
MIKE FEDER grew up in New York City. His writing has appeared in Harper's and the New York Times magazine. He is the author of New York Son (Crown, 1998) and lives in New York City with his wife.

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Barcode # 9781583220412
Brand Seven Stories Press
Artist / Author Mike Feder
Shipping Weight 0.6400kg
Shipping Width 0.160m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.240m
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Assembled Height 3.100m
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