BURN JOURNALS, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　I don’t want to get out of bed.I’m so stupid.I did so many
things wrong.I don’t know what to do.I’m going to be in so much
trouble.What am I going to do?I’m completely screwed.In 1991,
fourteen-year-old Brent Runyon came home from school, doused his
bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match. He suffered
third-degree burns over 85% of his body and spent the next year
recovering in hospitals and rehab facilities. During that year of
physical recovery, Runyon began to question what he’d done,
undertaking the complicated journey from near-death back to high
school, and from suicide back to the emotional mainstream of
life.In the tradition of Running with Scissors and Girl,
Interrupted, The Burn Journals is a truly remarkable
book about teenage despair and recovery.

　　Brent Runyon is a regular contributor to public radio’s This
American Life, where portions of this story first appeared. The
author lives on Cape Cod, MA.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

　　“[The Burn Journals] describes a particular kind of youthful
male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by
anyone.”  -Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon
　　“A fascinating account of the mending of a body and mind, told
with the simple and honest sensibility of someone too young to have
endured so much.” —Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a
Geisha
　　”Runyon has, perhaps, written the defining book of a new genre,
one that gazes…unflinchingly at boys on the emotional edge .”
-Booklist (starred review)
　　”A taut, chilling account of the author’s attempt to commit
suicide…a must-read for teenagers struggling with
self-doubt.”-The Denver Post
　　“An excruciating, brilliant book…WOW.” —A.M. Homes, author of
Things You Should Know