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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.
Reviews It’s Tolmie’s imagination, combined with her sly and sometimes
satirical sense of humour, that makes the pieces work so well...
Disease isn’t a traditional sort of book. The collection
was nonetheless enjoyable for its imaginative scope and the generous
injection of humour.
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—The Miramichi Reader, Lisa Timpf, July 2021
ISBN: 978-1-61976-193-3 (13 digit)
Publication Date: Aug 2020
paperback 102 pages
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