Raising the Dead: A Doctor's Account of His Own Mortality - Softcover

Selzer, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870136046 ISBN 13: 9780870136047

Verlag: Michigan State University Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

The former surgeon writes of his own near-death experience after being diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease and lapsing into a coma. The fragility of health and robustness of imagination merge when this seemingly healthy man's legs collapse suddenly beneath him, propelling him into a 23-day coma triggered by Legionnaire's Disease. Here, Selzer relives his illness, allowing the reader a highly personal glimpse into his delirium as he skates the line between life and death. This tale of survival remains unsentimental as Selzer grounds what was surely a terrifying experience in humor, emphasized by use of third person narrative.

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Richard Selzer is the author of numerous books and articles. He is a former surgeon and professor of surgery. Selzer taught writing at Yale University and is the recipient of dozens of awards and honors, including a Pushcart Prize, National Magazine Award (for his essays), an American Medical Writer's Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. His work has been published in New American Review, Esquire, Harper's, and other periodicals.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Michigan State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0870136046
• ISBN 13: 9780870136047
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 118
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