{"product_id":"scraps-orts-and-fragments-by-michael-rosenthal-9781648211461","title":"Scraps, Orts, and Fragments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScraps, Orts, and Fragments: Pieces of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays, written in fits over several years, comprising what the title suggests: snapshots of a life without any attempt to fashion them into a coherent narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Rosenthal explores subjects as diverse as his teen-age fascination with Hubert's Flea Circus on New York's 42nd Street; life with his stoic father; sex in the fifties (for \"Nice Horace Mann boys\"); a brief and unspectacular performance as a janitor while a graduate student in Wisconsin; step-fathering; assorted aspects of a long career as a college Dean; and Rosenthal's tenure as a member of the Board of Directors of a wildly successful company on the New York Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd other memorable moments... some treated head-on, some with a gentle irony they deserve. In \u003ci\u003eScraps, Orts, and Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e, Rosenthal has provided opportunities for people to experience a life through his eyes, and as he states, experiences which are \"interesting for me to have lived it all, perhaps amusing and interesting for readers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461347098860,"sku":"9781648211461","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781648211461-scraps-orts-and-fragments.jpg?v=1774966251","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/scraps-orts-and-fragments-by-michael-rosenthal-9781648211461","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}