The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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A neglected classic. - The New York TimesAmong the most moving diaries ever created. - Ronald BlytheThe 100-year-old multiple sclerosis diary that became a classic ... a furious, sometimes ecstatic, volatile little book. - The GuardianThe life of Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919), who wrote under the name of W. N. P. Barbellion, was tragically curtailed by multiple sclerosis. The Journal of a Disappointed Man begins as an ambitious teenagers notes on the natural world, and then, following his diagnosis at the age of twenty-six, transforms into a deeply moving account of battling the disease. Barbellions diary is full of humour and fierce intelligence, and combines a passion for life with clear-sighted reflections on the nature of death.The Journal of a Disappointed Man caused a sensation upon publication in 1919. Barbellion was often likened to diarists like Samuel Pepys and Denton Welch; proclaimed a literary equal to Franz Kafka and James Joyce; and belongs alongside the biographical pages of Charles Darwin, Evelyn Waugh and Katherine Mansfield.Published shortly before the authors death in 1919, The Journal of a Disappointed Man presents a remarkable memoir that addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet author W. N. P. Barbellion manages to write with uplifting eloquence and passion of his love for family, natural history, music, and literature. Told with a thoroughly modern voice, the unjustly overlooked Journal is reprinted here with a thoughtful Introduction by H. G. Wells, who writes of the books unpremeditated and exquisite beauty. In this diary of an intensely egotistical young naturalist, tragically caught by the creeping approach of death, we have one of the most moving records of the youthful aspects of our universal struggle ... unpremeditated and exquisite beauty. - H.G WellsThe Journal hit me like an explosion- David Bradford, The GuardianIf I had a friend who
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