The Resource The sickness, Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian]
The sickness, Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian]
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The item The sickness, Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ernesto Duran is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr. Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him. The fixation has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, resist becoming involved. The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals--one a doctor who is no stranger to death, the other a man sick with anxiety and torment--provides the backbone to this tender, thoughtful and refined novel. The Sickness is profound and philosophical, and yet written with an agility that expresses the tragedy, but also the comedy of life itself"--
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9781935639251
- Label
- The sickness
- Title
- The sickness
- Statement of responsibility
- Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian]
- Subject
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- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- truePhysicians
- Physicians -- Fiction
- trueStalkers
- Stalkers -- Fiction
- trueStalking
- Cancer -- Patients | Family relationships -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFathers and sons
- trueHypochondria
- Hypochondria -- Fiction
- truePeople with cancer
- truePeople with cancer -- Family relationships
- Language
-
- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- "Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ernesto Duran is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr. Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him. The fixation has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, resist becoming involved. The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals--one a doctor who is no stranger to death, the other a man sick with anxiety and torment--provides the backbone to this tender, thoughtful and refined novel. The Sickness is profound and philosophical, and yet written with an agility that expresses the tragedy, but also the comedy of life itself"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
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- 10105778
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barrera, Alberto
- Dewey number
- 863/.64
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ8550.12.A62
- LC item number
- A2 2012
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Costa, Margaret Jull
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hypochondria
- Fathers and sons
- Physicians
- Cancer
- Stalkers
- FICTION / Literary
- Label
- The sickness, Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 857299
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9781935639251
- Lccn
- 2011051580
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781935639251
- Label
- The sickness, Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa ; [with an introduction by Chris Adrian]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 857299
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9781935639251
- Lccn
- 2011051580
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781935639251
Subject
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- truePhysicians
- Physicians -- Fiction
- trueStalkers
- Stalkers -- Fiction
- trueStalking
- Cancer -- Patients | Family relationships -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFathers and sons
- trueHypochondria
- Hypochondria -- Fiction
- truePeople with cancer
- truePeople with cancer -- Family relationships
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