Beyond the Hero: Classic Stories of Men in Search of Soul

Midlife is not a matter of a man's age, but a stage of life. It is a time when the stories that inspired men's youth -- heroic dreams of finding true love, fame or fortune -- come to a close. That finish may be triumphant, like making one's first million dollars. Or it might arrive with failure and crisis -- a painful divorce, being "downsized" at work, struggling with a dreadful illness. More often, heroic dreams end quietly, with an ordinary marriage, rather than ecstatic romance; or bein...