Bardes Charles - Diary Of Our Fatal Illness - Paperback Romantic No matter what he tries

No matter what he tries he just cannot fall asleep

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Bardes Charles - Diary Of Our Fatal Illness - Paperback Romantic No matter what he triesBinding: Paperback Description: 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