Ink in the Blood · A Hospital Diary

Ink in the Blood · A Hospital Diary
Authors
Mantel, Hilary
Publisher
Harper Collins
Tags
england , great britain , nonfiction , 21st century , health , health care , biography & autobiography , writing
ISBN
9780007427758
Date
2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.41 MB
Lang
en
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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.