Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226468020)

This moving prose poem tells the story of an aged man who suffers a prolonged and ultimately fatal illness. From initial diagnosis to remission to relapse to death, the experience is narrated by the man's son, a practicing doctor. Charles Bardes, a physician and poet, draws on years of experience with patients and sickness to construct a narrative that links myth, diverse metamorphoses, and the modern mechanics of death. We stand with the doctors, the family, and, above all, a sick man and his disease as their voices are artfully crafted into a new and powerful language of illness.

Author: Charles Bardes
ISBN-10: 022646802X
ISBN-13: 9780226468020
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2017
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d