 Forthcoming
Bodily life is an uneasy business. The terror of disease is a
ubiquitous one. New diseases are being discovered all the time. This
book collects twenty contemporary diseases — privacy, for example, or
innovation, or involuntary compassion — and presents their primary
symptoms and etiologies. It presents sufferers’ anecdotes: Owen wakes
up one day made of glass. Deirdre is allergic to tourists. A
middle-aged diabetic is haunted by the feet of a Kurdish refugee
child. Apples develop a persistent tremor, and peanuts plot
underground. Human resilience is tested in dramatic new ways in
Disease.
ISBN: 978-1-61976-193-3 (13 digit)
Publication Date: 2020
paperback 102 pages
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