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In the Land of Pain

English · Paperback

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Alphonse Daudet was a highly popular nineteenth-century French novelist, whose work radiated humour and good cheer. Few knew that for his entire adult life he suffered from syphilis, a disease both unmentionable and incurable at the time. What even fewer realised was that he kept an intimate notebook in which he recorded the development and terrifying effects of the disease. Describing a life in pain, and the sometimes alarming treatments he underwent, Daudet's journal is unique for its comic zest, lucid self-examination and stoicism.Translated by the Booker Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes.

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Authors Alphonse Daudet, Daudet Alphonse
Assisted by Julian Barnes (Translation)
Publisher Vintage UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 28.02.2018
 
EAN 9781784873455
ISBN 978-1-78487-345-5
No. of pages 112
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals

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