Cylomegalovirus
A Hospitalization Diary
Hervé Guibert author Clara Orban author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University Press of America
Published:15th Aug '96
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Cytomegalovirus presents Guibert's intimate observations during a three-week stay in the hospital. In this work, he confronts his fear about AIDS and the cytomegalovirus that is threatening him with blindness. Throughout the ordeal, he defiantly clings to his human dignity, refusing to be treated as an object of study or of compassion. The central importance of writing as a way of recording his experience, and therefore of preserving his humanity, remains a key to understanding this work. Of interest to students, scholars, and general readers of French literature, gay studies, and literature and medicine.
Professor Orban's translation is a faithful rendition of the terse and brutal narration of Guibert's final sufferings and resistance. It offers a unique perspective for those seeking to view the devastation of AIDS through the eyes of a discerning anddetermined writer. -- Andrew Suozzo, DePaul University Finally available in English in a beautifully rendered translation by Clara Orban...Though readers will admire the courage of Guibert's venture, they will not be able to escape being touched-and painfully so-by it. -- Pascale-Anne Brault, DePaul University Finally available in English in a beautifully rendered translation by Clara Orban...Though readers will admire the courage of Guibert's venture, they will not be able to escape being touched-and painfully so-by it. -- Pascale-Anne Brault, DePaul University Professor Orban's translation is a faithful rendition of the terse and brutal narration of Guibert's final sufferings and resistance. It offers a unique perspective for those seeking to view the devastation of AIDS through the eyes of a discerning and determined writer. -- Andrew Suozzo, DePaul University
ISBN: 9780761803058
Dimensions: 222mm x 143mm x 14mm
Weight: 299g
90 pages