Don't Fence Me In by Tony Gould

Don't Fence Me In by Tony Gould

It is a condition shrouded in mystery, legend, religious fanaticism and centuries of vilification of its sufferers around the world. By the sheer accident of mycobacterial infection, its sufferers have been condemned to exile, imprisonment and even the imputation of moral taint, as if the illness itself were a punishment. Still today, leprosy remains a mysterious condition, the very word conjuring up vivid associations, both metaphorical and real. Through the lives of individual men and women: intrepid doctors, ubiquitous missionaries and a vast spectrum of patients, Tony Gould traces the mysterious history of this disease apart. From Father Damien to Robert Louis Stevenson, the personalities met on his journey are remarkable and their stories unfold against the backgrounds of Norway, Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, South Africa, Nigeria, Nepal and Louisiana. Although since the l950s there has at last existed a class of drugs called sulphones which cure cases caught early and even arrest more advanced cases, leprosy remains a subject about which many people have unanswered questions. In his superb and enlightened book, Tony Gould throws light into the shadows and eloquently enriches our understanding.

Tony Gould's previous books include A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors, written from the perspective of a polio survivor, Death in Chile: A Memoir and a Journey, Inside Outsider: the Life and Times of Colin MacInnes (winner of the 1984 PEN Silver Pen award) and most recently, Imperial Warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas, which includes a memoir of his youthful experience as a Gurkha officer in the Far East. He lives in Devon and London.

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ISBN 13	9780747575108
ISBN 10	074757510X
Titre	Don't Fence Me In
Auteur	Tony Gould
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Éditeur	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Année de publication	2005-01-17
Nombre de pages	432
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