Run Towards The Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley Har

Description: Run Towards The Danger by Sarah Polley In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in ones body, in a constant state of becoming, learning and changing. As she was advised after a catastrophic head injury - if we relinquish our protective crouch and run towards the danger, then life can be reset, reshaped and lived afresh. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Fascinating, harrowing, courageous, and deeply felt, these explorations of "dangerous stories", harmful past events and trials of the soul speak to all whove encountered dark waters and have had to navigate them. Margaret AtwoodSarah Polleys work as an actor, screenwriter and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling skills, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polleys life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory and the embodied reactions of children and women adapting and surviving. The guiding light is the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then.In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in ones body, in a constant state of becoming, learning and changing. As she was advised after a catastrophic head injury - if we relinquish our protective crouch and run towards the danger, then life can be reset, reshaped and lived afresh.[Polley is] a stunningly sophisticated observer of the world and an imperfect witness to the truth. New York Times Author Biography Sarah Polley is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director and actor. After making short films, Polley made her feature-length directorial debut with Away from Her in 2006. Her other projects include Stories We Tell, which won the New York Film Critics Circle prize and the National Board of Review award for best documentary; the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwoods novel Alias Grace; and the romantic comedy Take This Waltz. She won an Oscar for the screenplay of Women Talking in 2023, which she adapted from Miriam Toews novel, and also directed. As a child she starred in the long-running childrens series Road to Avonlea and in Terry Gilliams The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Review An episodic memoir of life as an actor, director and human being unlike any I have ever read: it deals with childhood bereavement, extreme stage fright, crises of pregnancy, and abuse within the entertainment industry... bruisingly intelligent and candid Claire Armitstead, GuardianThe little girl who carried the weight of Hollywood movie budgets and theater actors salaries on her shoulders is now a grown woman whose stolen childhood has made her at once a stunningly sophisticated observer of the world and an imperfect witness to the truth. Her willingness to embrace such paradoxes, in this book as well as in her films, is the mark of a real artist Meghan Daum, New York Times Book ReviewA roving, psychologically probing memoir in essays... Polley turns out to be as brave, funny, and unself-serious as she is on the screen Alexandra Schwartz, New YorkerA visceral and incisive collection of six propulsive personal essays Vanity FairI loved this book! Like light refracted through a prism, each essay offers a unique view of the rich inner world and illustrious career of one of our most important artists. Smart, funny, devastating and compassionate - often all in the same paragraph - Run Towards the Danger reminds us of literatures power to synthesize the human condition and to transform a reader in the process Alison Pick, Booker Prize-nominated author of Far to Go Promotional In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in ones body, in a constant state of becoming, learning and changing [Polley is] a stunningly sophisticated observer of the world and an imperfect witness to the truth New York Times Details ISBN191461321X Author Sarah Polley Pages 272 Year 2022 ISBN-10 191461321X ISBN-13 9781914613210 Format Hardcover Imprint September Publishing Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-06-01 NZ Release Date 2022-06-01 Publication Date 2022-06-01 UK Release Date 2022-06-01 Subtitle Confrontations with a Body of Memory Birth 1983 Affiliation Guru Nanak Dev University, India Position Author Qualifications PhD DEWEY 814.6 Audience General Publisher Duckworth Books Alternative 9781914613296 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135232984;

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