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Ink in the blood: a hospital diary

By Hilary , Mantel

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers;Fourth Estate
Year
2010
ISBN
9780007427758, 0007427751
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
421 kB (430604 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Just after 'Bring Up the Bodies' author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for 'Wolf Hall', she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary. Originally published in the London Review of Books, this diary by the acclaimed author Hilary Mantel explores in forensic detail her loss of dignity, her determination, the concentration of the senses into an animalistic struggle to get through, and the attendant hallucinations she was plagued by during her stay in hospital. With her health now improved, and the acknowledgement of the Man Booker prize-winning follow-up to 'Wolf Hall', 'Bring Up the Bodies' as one of our greatest works of fiction, 'Ink in the Blood' remains a significant testament to the traumas of illness, and one of the most incredible and haunting essays published in a very long time.

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