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A meticulous, intense and inward-looking book that is very absorbing to read as you follow the unnamed narrator through an excruciatingly painful medical episode. Nothing much happens, he falls very ill, is diagnosed and is cared for in various parts of a large US hospital until he is somehow well enough to go home.
But every sentence, every interaction is a marvel, the intimacy of the care of strangers and the random kindnesses, the panic and the fear over what might happen to him are so finely and acutely drawn I found I was reading while holding my breath.
Beautifully written and giving so much room to a deep meditation on pain, love and relationships, a wonderful read.
But every sentence, every interaction is a marvel, the intimacy of the care of strangers and the random kindnesses, the panic and the fear over what might happen to him are so finely and acutely drawn I found I was reading while holding my breath.
Beautifully written and giving so much room to a deep meditation on pain, love and relationships, a wonderful read.
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