Diary of Our Fatal Illness

By Charles Bardes

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646802X
• ISBN13: 9780226468020
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"