| An Unexamined Life Contributor(s): Long, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0999181025 ISBN-13: 9780999181027 Publisher: Yellow City Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Family - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An Unexamined Life is a novel based upon Socrates' dictum that "an unexamined life is not worth living." It traces the life of Neal Landrum, a hugely successful New York businessman who has risen from a very peculiar lower-class childhood in a small West Texas town, through a successful collegiate athletic career, to marriage to the daughter of a rich self-made Texas oilman, and, finally, to a key position in a very prosperous conglomerate. It is not until he is diagnosed with a fatal disease that he begins a physical, intellectual, and emotional journey through his life which allows him to see himself clearly for the first time. As he revisits those with whom he has lost touch--his brother, his first lover, even his current wife--he realizes just how flawed his relationships, and ultimately, his view of himself, has been. |
Contributor Bio(s): Long, Russell: - Russell Long is a native Texan who has spent most of his career in higher education. He has degrees from Sul Ross State University, New Mexico State University, and Texas A&M University. His most recent position was president of West Texas A&M University. He lives in Amarillo, Texas, with his wife Natrelle and their cat Jodie. |