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Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)
Charles Bardes
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Description for Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Phoenix Poets
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226468020
SKU
V9780226468020
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About Charles Bardes
Charles Bardes is an internal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and professor of clinical medicine and associate dean at Weill Cornell Medical College. His books include Pale Faces: The Masks of Anemia, and his poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Agni, Ploughshares, and Raritan.
Reviews for Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)
Fashioning a remarkable and truly original account of an octogenarian father's two-year battle with cancer, Bardes tells a powerful, allusive, and richly layered human fable about our common and 'fatal metamorphosis.'
Michael Collier, author of An Individual History Winner, 2017
New Georgia Literary Arts Achievement Award Poet and physician Charles Bardes presents a work of prose poetry with elements of ... Read more
Michael Collier, author of An Individual History Winner, 2017
New Georgia Literary Arts Achievement Award Poet and physician Charles Bardes presents a work of prose poetry with elements of ... Read more