"At the age of thirty-six, Lance Morrow suffered his first heart attack and bypass operation; at fifty-three, he had his second. Helpless in the face of his own mortality, Morrow became so consumed with anger that he was forced to confront the source of his torment - his own past." "In Heart, Morrow recalls the unforgettable experiences that haunt him as he shifts effortlessly back and forth in time, transporting us from a hospital room in New York City to the rubble of Sarajevo to an icebound farm in upstate New York. In doing so, he delves into the nature of the human heart itself: the heart of a journalist as he is rushed through city traffic to an emergency room; the heart of a ninety-two-year-old man who wants to live out his life with dignity; the heart of a young Serb soldier who raped and killed because he "was told to"; the heart of a species that produces feasts of blood and ethnic hatred, such monuments as Bosnia and Hiroshima." "A chronicle of travel, war, weariness, work, drinking, and family, Heart questions the meaning of pain, the psychological and physical scars that a heart attack leaves, as well as the challenges a recovery offers. Passionate, erudite, and relentlessly honest, this is the eloquent cry of a man's - and our world's - breaking heart."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved