The Body Is a Temporary Gathering Place

Andrew Bertaina is going through a mid-life crisis: failed marriage, child-rearing, self-doubt, ennui, the works. Naturally, Bertaina does what any of us would do; he draws inspiration from the poster boy of mid-life crisis chroniclers, the 16th-century essayist Michele de Montaigne, channeling misgivings into meditations, lostness into longing. The essays in The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place deal with a variety of timeless and universal topics: e.g., how to woo a French woman on a train, male caregiving, how to cannibalize your spouse, and the riddle of time. The essays promise no answers. They do, however, strive to capture the beauty that lingers in a life passing all too quickly.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Autofocus Books
Published: 05/28/2024
ISBN: 9781957392301
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2025