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"Think [Nabokov's] Pale Fire, perhaps, or [Byatt's] Possession, but
in a contemporary Afropolitan context." Jenefer Shute, author of
Life-size, sex crimes and user ID. Unhappily married Cape Town
academic Art Berger is offered what appears to be a professional
lifeline: to reconstitute the final papers of the great South
African writer Charles de Villiers into book-form. He is
uncomfortable about the role of ghost-writer, but the project
becomes literary detective-work he cannot give up. Introduce De
Villiers' beautiful daughter Taryn, and Art is ensnared. Sunderland
alternates between sections, mostly in journal form, chronicling
Art's struggle to make sense of De Villiers' fragmented and
disordered text, and sections - scenes, notes, outlines - from that
very work (also entitled 'Sunderland'). A novel of (literary) ideas
as much as of character, this fascinating collaboration by two of
South Africa's finest wranglers of words still comes to a literal
crescendo; a finely tuned masterpiece to read in one sitting.
Opioids have been used as analgesics for many years, and their use
in the management of acute pain related to trauma and surgery is
well established. However, patients with persisting pain need a
pain management plan that brings relief of symptoms without adverse
effects in both the short and longer terms. The prescribing of
opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has increased substantially
since the first edition of this pocketbook was published, prompting
considerable debate regarding the appropriateness of prescribing
for this indication and the potential harms to individuals and to
society that may result from this trend. This second edition of
Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain brings clinicians up to date on the
current use of opioid drugs in patients with non-cancer pain, and
highlights the potential benefits of therapy as well as the
problems that can occur. The edition includes new chapters on the
history of opioids to help contextualize the following discussions,
and a new chapter covering the emerging field of pharmacogenomics
which provides explanations for differing responsiveness to opioids
and propensity to adverse effects. An international perspective on
opioid prescribing trends is also a valuable new addition.
When a man meets the gods, nothing remains the same. "Goldin" is a
rich novel in which myth and fairytale are drawn into conversation
with urgent ecological and spiritual concerns. In a literary feast
of tales within tales, one man's crisis blurs into the fate of the
world. A goldsmith called Alan Goldin is selected by the gods to
help them decide how they should respond to the world's
predicament. Should they intervene? Should they do nothing?
To be an impartial adviser, Goldin must sacrifice that which he
loves most. The spiritual crisis that this provokes brings him into
contact with Mataji, an ancient woman who has incarnated the
goddess many times. Mataji's story, a narrative of yearning,
desire, sex and bliss which spans 150 years, reveals that she and
Goldin are caught up in the same problem. Her gods are Indian,
rather than Greco-Roman, but they are equally disturbed by the
impact of modernity.
"Goldin" repeatedly explores the granting and choosing of wishes
and desires. As one character puts it, ""mortals have built a
wish-granting machine of fabulous power, and can force the poor
world to yield up whatever they like. But they have not wished
well.""
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