| Author: | Charles Bardes | ISBN: | 9780226468167 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Bardes |
| ISBN: | 9780226468167 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
