Diary Of Our Fatal Illness (Phoenix Poets)

This moving prose poem tells the story of an aged man who suffers a prolonged and ultimately fatal illness. From initial diagnosis to remission to relapse to death, the experience is narrated by the man’s son, a practicing doctor. Charles Bardes, a physician and poet, draws on years of experience with patients and sickness to construct a narrative that links myth, diverse metamorphoses, and the modern mechanics of death. We stand with the doctors, the family, and, above all, a sick man and his disease as their voices are artfully crafted into a new and powerful language of illness.

• | Author: Charles Bardes
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 65 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Poetry
• | ISBN-10: 022646802X
• | ISBN-13: 9780226468020