Burdens by Water: An Unintended Memoir

by Alan Rifkin

In a series of strangely resilient personal adventures-often beginning with breakups, and fueled by a sense of "invincible longing"-essayist Alan Rifkin flings himself at the last vestiges of the Southern California Dream. He chases summer with a pool man, lives with monks in a Santa Barbara monastery, joins a dysfunctional Los Angeles writing club, communes with wild dolphins, traces the steps of Otzi the Iceman, emulates a Bible-based marriage,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941932045
• ISBN13: 9781941932049
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Brown Paper Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"