A darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human
in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford
professor We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off
just in time ... But sometimes we are unlucky. My own trapdoor was
hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist. When the
trapdoor opened for Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a
world of MRI scans, a disobedient body and the crushing
unpredictability of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. But, like Alice
tumbling into Wonderland, his fall did something else. It took him
deep into his own mind: his hopes, his fears, his loves and losses,
and the books that would sustain, inform and nourish him as his
life began to transform in ways he could never have imagined. From
Kafka to Barbellion, this is a literary map of the journey from the
kingdom of the well to the land of the sick, and forwards into a
hopeful future. It's an ode to great writing, to storytelling, to
science and to the power of the imagination. 'A pitch-perfect
memoir: stylish, erudite, touchingly honest and darkly funny'
Jacqueline Wilson
General
| Imprint: |
Vintage
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Authors: |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5299-2079-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5299-2079-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781529920796 |
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