| Songs from the Black Chair: A Memoir of Mental Interiors Contributor(s): Barber, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803259751 ISBN-13: 9780803259751 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Day after day, night after night, desperate men come to sit in the black chair next to Charles Barber's desk in a basement office at Bellevue and tell of their travails, of prison and disease, of violence and the voices that plague them. Between the stories, amid the peeling paint, musty odor, and flickering fluorescent light of his office, Barber observes that this isn't really where he is supposed to be and reveals his privileged youth in contrast to his own nightmare of mental illness. By relating these troubled lives to his own, Barber illuminates some of the most disturbing and enduring truths of human nature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004018191 |
| Series: American Lives (University of Nebraska) |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.34" W x 8.45" (0.59 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Day after day, night after night, desperate men come to sit in the black chair next to Charles Barber's desk in a basement office at Bellevue and tell of their travails, of prison and disease, of violence and the voices that plague them. Between the stories, amid the peeling paint, musty odor, and flickering fluorescent light of his office, Barber observes that this isn't really where he is supposed to be and reveals his privileged youth in contrast to his own nightmare of mental illness. By relating these troubled lives to his own, Barber illuminates some of the most disturbing and enduring truths of human nature. Charles Barber is an associate of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Yale University School of Medicine. |