"LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs" . . . . "1900 - 1999" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary" . . "Anxiety has always been part of Mark Salzman's life. He was born into a family as nervous as rabbits, people with extra angst coded into their genes. As a young man he found solace through martial arts, meditation, tai chi, and rigorous writing schedules, but as he approaches midlife, he confronts a year of catastrophe. First, Salzman suffers a crippling case of writer's block; then a sudden family tragedy throws his life into chaos. Overwhelmed by terrifying panic attacks, the author begins a search for equanimity that ultimately leads to an epiphany from a most unexpected source." . "The man in the empty boat" . . . . "The Man in the Empty Boat" . . . "Biography" . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Man in the Empty Boat" . "Man in the Empty Boat"@en . . . . . . .