{"product_id":"9781250036254","title":"Travels with Lizbeth : Three Years on the Road and on the Streets","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTravels with Lizbeth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lars Eighner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lars Eighner is the Thoreau of the Dumpsters. Comparisons to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Hamsun's Hunger leap to mind. A classic of down-and-out literature.\" —Phillip Lopate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eTravels with Lizbeth\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1993, it was proclaimed an instant classic. Lars Eighner's account of his descent into homelessness and his adventures on the streets has moved, charmed, and amused generations of readers. As Lars wrote, \"When I began writing this account I was living under a shower curtain in a stand of bamboo in a public park. I did not undertake to write about homelessness, but wrote what I knew, as an artist paints a still life, not because he is especially fond of fruit, but because the subject is readily at hand.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContaining the widely anthologized essay \"On Dumpster Diving,\" \u003ci\u003eTravels with Lizbeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written account of one man's experience of homelessness, a story of physical survival, and the triumph of the artistic spirit in the face of enormous adversity. In his unique voice—dry, disciplined, poignant, comic—Eighner celebrates the companionship of his dog, Lizbeth, and recounts their ongoing struggle to survive on the streets of Austin, Texas, and hitchhiking along the highways to Southern California and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most eloquent description to date of what it is like to be homeless.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling…Mr. Eighner [is] a quirky guide into the homeless condition as he plunges on, through Miracle Miles, desert flea markets and dusty truck stops.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If there's any justice in the world, [this book] should guarantee its author a roof over his head for the rest of his days.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250036254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596929577166,"sku":"9781250036254","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2f9ae097-67cc-41d4-a2eb-f933dbe898a3.jpg?v=1637869860","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250036254","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}