{"product_id":"the-point-of-vanishing-a-memoir-of-two-years-in-solitude-9780807075463","title":"The Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e--a lyrical memoir for nature lovers and for anyone who has wondered what it would be like to disconnect from our hyper-connected culture and seek more meaningful connections\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After losing vision in one eye and becoming estranged from his family and friends, a young man spent two years searching for identity in self-imposed solitude in the backwoods of northern Vermont, where he embarked on a project of stripping away facades and all social ties--and learned to face himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod played a pick-up game of basketball. In a skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and left him permanently blinded in his right eye. A week later, he returned to the same dorm room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked solid, where the distance between how people saw him and how he saw had widened into a gulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate for a sense of orientation he could trust, he retreated to a jerry-rigged house in the Vermont woods, where he lived without a computer or television, and largely without human contact, for two years. He needed to find a more lasting sense of meaning away from society's pressures and rush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eSlate, Chicago Tribune, Entropy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and named one of the top 10 memoirs by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9375655\"\u003eHoward Axelrod\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807075463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807075469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI006000\"\u003eMovements | Existentialism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT024000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Axelrod\u003c\/b\u003e's essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Arizona, and currently teaches writing at Loyola University in Chicago. His debut book, \u003ci\u003eThe Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, evocatively chronicles his experience of retreating into nature following a basketball accident that left him permanently blinded in one eye. The memoir was named one of the best books of 2015 by \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEntropy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and one of the best memoirs of 2015 by Library Journal. In a starred review, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e called the book a \"vibrant, honest, and poetic account\" of Axelrod's search for quiet and for a different, more internalized and introspective way of seeing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832789139595,"sku":"9780807075463","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_7254d885-afa7-4c78-a852-e59082c2ddc1.jpg?v=1755622882","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-point-of-vanishing-a-memoir-of-two-years-in-solitude-9780807075463","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}