Seven Ways to Disappear
The Book within the Book
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Want to disappear from your life? Of course, you do. Otherwise, you wouldn't have picked up this book. There are many reasons for wanting to disappear. Maybe you feel trapped in a job you don't want, but, because you have mountains of bills to pay you stay. Maybe you're trapped in a relationship you loath, but you need love and stability, so you stay. Maybe the trappings of family life have gotten you down, but you're committed to your partner and kids, so you stay and feel your soul dying a little bit every day. Maybe you're trapped by the boredom of your humdrum life, wishing you could reverse every decision you made that led you to this point in your life of wanting a new one. Whatever the reason, you've probably had enough and are ready to disappear.
Disappearing is easy. We do it all the time. We disappear into ourselves, or into our vices; into our jobs, or into our relationships; into our fears, or into our hatred; into our depression, or into our dreams. We also disappear by packing up and leaving others, with the goal of leaving our troubles behind.
In the end --- disappearing --- like living --- takes courage.
I've compiled these 7 Ways to Disappear to give you hope and direction --- to give you something I didn't have when I wanted to disappear. Think of this list as a guide to help you to achieve your goal. My disclaimer: How you choose to disappear is up to you. You must live with and accept the consequences of your decisions and actions. You can't blame me.
As I sit alone in my warm, dark apartment filled with freedom and enlightenment, I present you with 7 Ways to literally, metaphysically and symbolically disappear:
1. Reinvention of Self
2. Withdrawal Into Yourself
3. Drugs and Alcohol
4. Isolation
5. Sleep
6. Invisibility
7. Death
Decide for yourself which way, or any combination thereof, best fits your need to disappear.
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About the Book
Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book is a fictional book that lives inside of a story about four friends in Los Angeles in the days leading up to September 11, 2001. The characters in the unpublished novel share their thoughts and ideas about the book until they are faced with the catastrophic events of 9/11 that causes them to turn to the book to decide how they will disappear.
The title of the unpublished novel is Seven Ways to Disappear hence the subtitle “the Book within the Book” to reference the smaller work of fiction you have discovered. The “book within the book” is written by a fictional author, sometime in the early 20th century, who outlines seven ways that we metaphysically, symbolically, and literally disappear from our lives.
Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book is a novelty book that’s been described as “though provoking.” It’s a conversation starting book that you leave on the coffee table and wait for a guest to ask you about it.
The book contains themes we all can relate to as it frames how we, as humans, maneuver through our lives and deal with the pain and upsets that life gives us. It’s not a self-help book, nor is it a how-to-guide, or anything of the sort.
What it is depends upon what it means to you.
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About the Author
André C. Wade was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He fell in love with writing after taking two semesters of African American Literature at the University of Nevada Las Vegas that also led him to taking on a minor in English. Ever since then he’s wanted to write in some form or fashion. Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book is his first published work of fiction. He has had numerous Op-eds and articles published in magazines and newspapers advocating on behalf of social issues.