Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)

Charles Bardes

ISBN 10: 022646802X / ISBN 13: 9780226468020

Published by University Of Chicago Press, 2017

About this Item

Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. . . 2017. First edition. Paperback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9780226468020

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diary of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022646802X
• ISBN 13: 9780226468020
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.