The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief

by David Biro and David Biro MD

Book Overview

In this impassioned and hopeful book, David Biro reveals how to break through the silent wall of suffering physical and psychological that all too often accompanies pain and illness. Drawing together... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393070638
• ISBN13: 9780393070637
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Anonymous

The book is fluid and lyrical with insightful cultural references throughout. It is as good as his first novel , 100 Days, and in spite of what is a difficult topic to communicate he manages beutifully. Highly reccomend it and not designated for just those that have dealt with illness or death.

A Unique Synthesis

Simply stated, this is a remarkable book. Dr. Biro is able to merge his considerable expertise as a doctor of medicine and letters with his own personal experience with a life threatening illness. The result is much more than an exploration of the concept and reality of pain. It is an exploration of what it is to be a human being in the world: thinking, feeling, communicating, and living.