{"product_id":"travels-with-lizbeth-three-years-on-the-road-and-on-the-streets-9781250036254","title":"Travels with Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets","description":"\u003cp\u003eLars 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-596787\"\u003eLars Eighner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250036254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250036259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLARS EIGHNER was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1988 he and his dog Lizbeth became homeless, and their experiences over the following three years were recorded in \u003ci\u003eTravels with Lizbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice, and includes the often-cited essay On Dumpster Diving. His other works include numerous story collections and a comic novel. He now lives in Austin with his partner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50819406168361,"sku":"9781250036254","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_8709cbf9-98e4-42d5-ace5-197222d0c2c8.jpg?v=1755630646","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/travels-with-lizbeth-three-years-on-the-road-and-on-the-streets-9781250036254","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}