Jasina I. Istorija bolezni. V pop'ytkah b'yt' schastlivoj

Author	Jasina I.
Title	Istorija bolezni. V pop'ytkah b'yt' schastlivoj
Description	“He came out with the following: ‘Just imagine: a young, handsome, wealthy man, and then one day he gets into a car accident and breaks his back. That’s it — his life is over!’ ‘What an idiot,’ I thought. ‘Mikhail Ivanovich, what you’ve just said is complete nonsense. Life isn’t over; it has simply changed. Sometimes something like that really clears a person’s head.’” This is how Irina Yasina writes about her own experience of living with a severe illness. Her book is an extraordinary testimony — honest, courageous, straightforward, and entirely free of preaching. Learning to find joy and gratitude, feeling less sorry for oneself, helping others, always looking ahead and asking, “What purpose might there be in the way my life has changed?”, loving people, valuing them and taking a genuine interest in them — for the author of Case History, these are not abstract ideals but everyday practices, her own recipe for a full and happy life in difficult circumstances. Written with ease and humour, the book is also populated by a remarkable cast of people: Yasina’s beloved parents and daughter, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, numerous friends, the writer Gallego González and President Bush — as well as a number of cats. Each of them is connected with one or more memorable stories. Yasina also writes in her diaries about her participation in the protest demonstrations of the previous year and explains the convictions behind her involvement. Do not wait, do not be afraid, do not ask — simply stop for a moment and look at yourself and your life: you already have everything you need.
Year	2012
Publisher	Corpus
Pages	272
Cover	Hardcover
ISBN	978-5-271-45234-5

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