Michael Greenberg

In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a womens department store; writing about golf, a game he has never played; and botching his debut as a waiter in a posh restaurant.Central characters include Michaels father, whose prediction that Michaels "scribbling" wouldnt get him on the subway almost came true; his artistic first wife, whom he met in a Greenwich Village high school; and their son who grew up on the Lower East Side, fluent in the language of the street and in the language of the parlor. Then there are Greenbergs unexpected encounters: a Holocaust survivor who on his deathbed tries to leave Michael his fortune; a repentant communist who confesses his sins; a man who becomes a woman; a Chilean filmmaker in search of his past; and rats who behave like humans and ceaseto live underground.Hilarious and bittersweet, Greenbergs stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.

Un testimonio sobre la fuerza del amor entre un padre y una hija Ésta es la historia del verano en que Sally, la hija de quince años del autor, sufrió una crisis nerviosa y se volvió loca. A partir de ese momento, padre e hija entraron en un mundo paralelo que transformaria sus vidas para siempre. me siento como si estuviera viajando sin parar, sin ningun sitio al que volver, dice Sally en un ataque de lucidez. Hacia el amanecer es la cronica de este viaje.Un texto de gran belleza sobre la fragilidad y la fuerza de la mente humana. Seleccionado Editors Choice en The New York Review of Books.Un libro optimista y vital, ameno como una novela, pero que te ilumina como un libro de autoayuda.